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| (Noun)- a tale, especially a long story of adventure or incredible happenings |
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(Noun)- the traditional beliefs, legends, customs, etc., of a people.
- a body of widely held but false or unsubstantiated beliefs. |
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(Noun)- a legend originating and traditional among a people, 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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| (Noun)- A hero whose story is spread through way of the people. |
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(Noun)- a story, usually for children, about elves, hobgoblins, dragons, or other magical creatures.
- an incredible or misleading statement, account, or belief |
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(Noun)- 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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| (Noun)- 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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(Noun)- a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters; apologue
- a story not founded on fact
- a story about supernatural or extraordinary persons or incidents; legend
- legends or myths collectively: the heroes of Greek fable.
- an untruth; falsehood |
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(Noun)-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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| (Noun)- a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication |
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(Noun)- a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson.
- a statement or comment that conveys a meaning indirectly by the use of comparison, analogy, or the like. |
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| (Noun)- An exaggerated, unreliable story |
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(Noun)- a simple narrative poem of folk origin, composed in short stanzas and adapted for singing.
- any poem written in similar style. |
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(Noun)- 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
- resembling or suggesting such poetry
- heroic; majestic; impressively great |
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| (Noun)- a main character in an epic whose legendary or heroic actions are central to his/her culture, race, or nation |
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