What are the characteristic of a legend?

Answer 1

A legend has characters and events that are often exaggerated; the setting is usually a notable place and time in history.

Legends are stories once believed to have been true, turns out to be fictional. The heroes of legend are fictional heroes or real people who aren't quite what they're made out to be, who were either so lifelike or so admirable that people wished they were real. This description fits the works and heroes typically associated with the genre. legends are focused on individuals and their accomplishments look for these things in a story.

Characteristics:

- exaggerated characters & events

- usually handed down by tradition (maybe)

- focuses on individuals and their accomplishments

- fictional story once believed to be true (turns out to be fictional)

- characters aren't what their made out to be

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-narrative

A legend belongs in the category of folktales. Some of the characteristics above explain those of folktales, not legends. For example, folktales were handed down ORALLY by tradition.

Answer 2

what is the characteristic of a legend