legend vs myth :

legend or myth

Myths are generally considered to be traditional stories whose importancelies in their significance, like the myth of the Fall in Eden; whereaslegends can be merely famous deeds, like the legend of Davy Crockett. Incommon usage “myth” usually implies fantasy. Enrico Caruso was alegendary tenor, but Hogwarts is a mythical school. Legends may or maynot be true. But be cautious about using “myth” to mean “untrue story”in a mythology, theology, or literature class, where teachers can bequite touchy about insisting that the true significance of a myth liesnot in its factuality but in its meaning for the culture which producesor adopts it.

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Definitions
  legend
  • n  a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
  • n  brief description accompanying an illustration
  myth
  • n  a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people
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    Beer Bellies Are a Myth -- We'll Drink to That
    June 13, 2013 - Time Magazine
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    June 13, 2013 - Tampa Bay Times
  • The Competence Myth
    Bill Leff visits with L. Eric Culverson, author of The Competence Myth: Why your technical skills are no longer enough and what you can do about it! …
    June 12, 2013 - WGN Radio Chicago