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| a tale, especially a long story of adventure or incredible happenings |
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1. the traditional beliefs, legends, customs, etc., of a people; lore of a people.
2. a body of widely held but false or unsubstantiated beliefs. |
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1. a tale or legend originating and traditional among a people or folk, especially one forming part of the oral tradition of the common people.
2. any belief or story passed on traditionally, especially one considered to be false or based on superstition. |
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| is a 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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1. a nonhistorical or unverifiable story handed down by tradition from earlier times and popularly accepted as historical.
2. the body of stories of this kind, especially as they relate to a particular people, group, or clan |
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1. 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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1. a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters |
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1. a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another.
2. a symbolical narrative |
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1. a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication |
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1. 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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1. any light, simple song, especially one of sentimental or romantic character, having two or more stanzas all sung to the same melody.
2. a simple narrative poem of folk origin, composed in short stanzas and adapted for singing. |
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1. 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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1. a story, usually for children, about elves, hobgoblins, dragons, fairies, or other magical creatures.
2. an incredible or misleading statement, account, or belief |
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