Legend, fable, myth refer to fictitious stories, usually handed
down by tradition (although some fables are modern). Legend,
originally denoting a story concerning the life of a saint, is
applied to any fictitious story, sometimes involving the
supernatural, and usually concerned with a real person, place,
or other subject: the legend of the Holy Grail. A fable is
specifically a fictitious story (often with animals or inanimate
things as speakers or actors) designed to teach a moral: a fable
about industrious bees. A myth is one of a class of stories,
usually concerning gods, semidivine heroes, etc., current since
primitive times, the purpose of which is to attempt to explain
some belief or natural phenomenon: the Greek myth about Demeter.
DaRC wrote:Modern Linguistic and other scientific study is
suggesting that whilst not accurate they are rooted in truth.
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