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a tale, especially a long story of adventure or incredible happenings
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the traditional beliefs, legends, customs
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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
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a story, usually for children, about elves, hobgoblins, dragons, fairies, 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; 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. |
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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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