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-a tale, especially a long story of adventure or incredible happenings |
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-the traditional beliefs, legends, customs, etc., of a people; lore of a people
-a body of widely held but false or unsubstantiated beliefs |
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-a tale or legend originating and traditional among a people or folk, especially one forming part of the oral tradition of the common people.
-any belief or story passed on traditionally, especially one considered to be false or based on superstition. |
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-someone who people in a particular place admire very much because of something they have done |
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-a story, usually for children, about elves, hobgoblins, dragons, fairies, or other magical creatures.
-an incredible or misleading statement, account, or belief |
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-a nonhistorical or unverifiable story handed down by tradition from earlier times and popularly accepted as historical.
-the body of stories of this kind, especially as they relate to a particular people, group, or clan |
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-a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, especially one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature |
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-a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters; apologue |
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-a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another
-a symbolical narrative |
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-a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication |
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-a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson |
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-An exaggerated, unreliable story |
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-a simple narrative poem of folk origin, composed in short stanzas and adapted for singing |
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-noting or pertaining to a long poetic composition, usually centered upon a hero, in which a series of great achievements or events is narrated in elevated style |
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-a main character in an epic whose legendary or heroic actions are central to his/her culture, race, or nation |
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