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a tale, especially a long story of adventure or incredible happenings; tell stories. |
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the traditional beliefs, legends, customs, etc. |
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any belief or story passed on traditionally, especially one considered to be false or based on superstition. |
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person, who may or may not have existed, and is famous and well liked by people, or people of a certain country. |
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a story, usually for children, about elves, hobgoblins, dragons,or other magical creatures. |
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a nonhistorical or unverifiable story handed down by tradition from earlier times and popularly accepted as historical. |
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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; to speak falsely |
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a symbolical narrative; a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms |
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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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