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(October 2007)| A legend (Latin, legenda, "things to be read")
is a narrative of human actions that are perceived both by
teller and listeners to take place within human history and to
possess certain qualities that give the tale verisimilitude.
Legend, for its active and passive participants includes no
happenings that are outside the realm of "possibility", defined
by a highly flexible set of parameters, which may include
miracles that are perceived as actually having happened, within
the specific tradition of indoctrination where the legend
arises, and within which it may be transformed over time, in
order to keep it fresh and vital, and realistic. A majority of
legends operate within the realm of uncertainty, never being
entirely believed by the participants, but also never being
resolutely doubted.  Legend, typically, is a short (mono-)
episodic, traditional, highly ecotypified historicized narrative
performed in a conversational mode, reflectin