Talk:Legend
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A very good article. Especially the comparisment with mythology. --Fred-Chess 19:20, 10 May 2005 (UTC)
Is there a topic on Wikipedia for the type of legend that is on a map, for what all of the symbols represent. I was just hoping to get a better description for a map legend.
Is there a topic on Wikipedia for the type of legend that is on a map, for what all of the symbols represent. I was just hoping to get a better description for a map legend.
[edit] Three Legends?
"Most important of all are the Three Legends. Hailing from Risca, the trio are the stuff of many tales of folklore and superstition in the area."
This sounds dubious. Does anyone have a reference? Tom harrison 22:40, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
- I took this out since nobody spoke up. Tom Harrison (talk) 21:17, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] 'Retailed' not 'retold'
From the moment a legend is retailed as a legend, its authentic legendary qualities begin to fade and recede: in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Washington Irving transformed a local Hudson River Valley legend into a sly literary anecdote with "Gothic" overtones, which actually tended to diminish its character as genuine legend.
I think 'retailed' is meant in a sense like 'commercially exploited.' Tom Harrison (talk) 21:21, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
Small problem in an otherwise handy article, Before the invention of the printing press, stories were passed on via oral tradition. What of hand written Books and scrolls?
