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“After all, I believe that legends and myths are largely made of 'truth', and indeed present aspects of it that can only be received in this mode; and long ago certain truths and modes of this kin... d were discovered and must always reappear.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien Legends are the stories about people, places and events that are written down in history. So the stories may be made up however the occasions may be founded on actualities, however not completely. The historical facts are used to make the theory/story more realistic to make it interesting to read because people can relate to the basic facts. Legends regularly pass on a lesson or moral and are described to hold the qualities that are to be shared in a community. A lot of people confuse legends with Myths. A legend is a narrative told as a true story with people and locations clearly identified. In other words the story of a legend is narrated like a historical event rather than functioning as a symbolic narrative. The legend may contain descriptions of historical events. Myth, on the other hand deals with a religious explanation for a particular custom or event. Myths do not follow any particular chronology to relate it to the present times. This is because myths tell a timeless story having symbolic events, set in a time before any history was recorded. The stories are about Gods and Super human beings who make use of their special powers to make things happen.1 [Show More]

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