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Folk Lore :: Folk lore () Tales, legends, or superstitions long current among the people..

Perseus :: Perseus (n.) A Grecian legendary hero, son of Jupiter and Danae, who slew the Gorgon Medusa..

Cycle :: Cycle (n.) The circle of subjects connected with the exploits of the hero or heroes of some particular period which have served as a popular theme for poetry, as the legend of Arthur and the knights of the Round Table, and that of Charlemagne and his paladins..

Ossianic :: Ossianic (a.) Of or pertaining to, or characteristic of, Ossian, a legendary Erse or Celtic bard..

Myth :: Myth (n.) A story of great but unknown age which originally embodied a belief regarding some fact or phenomenon of experience, and in which often the forces of nature and of the soul are personified; an ancient legend of a god, a hero, the origin of a race, etc.; a wonder story of prehistoric origin; a popular fable which is, or has been, received as historical..

Miracle :: Miracle (n.) A story or legend abounding in miracles.

Legendary :: Legendary (n.) One who relates legends.

Haggada :: Haggada (n.) A story, anecdote, or legend in the Talmud, to explain or illustrate the text of the Old Testament..

Saga :: Saga (n.) A Scandinavian legend, or heroic or mythic tradition, among the Norsemen and kindred people; a northern European popular historical or religious tale of olden time..

Legendary :: Legendary (n.) A book of legends; a tale or narrative.

Institutional :: Institutional (a.) Pertaining to, or treating of, institutions; as, institutional legends..

Edda :: Edda (n.) The religious or mythological book of the old Scandinavian tribes of German origin, containing two collections of Sagas (legends, myths) of the old northern gods and heroes..

Berserker :: Berserker (n.) One of a class of legendary heroes, who fought frenzied by intoxicating liquors, and naked, regardless of wounds..

Argonaut :: Argonaut (n.) Any one of the legendary Greek heroes who sailed with Jason, in the Argo, in quest of the Golden Fleece..

Legend :: Legend (n.) Any wonderful story coming down from the past, but not verifiable by historical record; a myth; a fable..

Procrustes :: Procrustes (n.) A celebrated legendary highwayman of Attica, who tied his victims upon an iron bed, and, as the case required, either stretched or cut of their legs to adapt them to its length; -- whence the metaphorical phrase, the bed of Procrustes..

Gestour :: Gestour (n.) A reciter of gests or legendary tales; a story-teller.

Shamrock :: Shamrock (n.) A trifoliate plant used as a national emblem by the Irish. The legend is that St. Patrick once plucked a leaf of it for use in illustrating the doctrine of the trinity.

Gestic :: Gestic (a.) Pertaining to deeds or feats of arms; legendary.

Legend :: Legend (n.) That which is appointed to be read; especially, a chronicle or register of the lives of saints, formerly read at matins, and in the refectories of religious houses..

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