legendary figure
C1748
concept
A legendary figure is a person, real or mythical, whose extraordinary deeds and enduring stories have been magnified and preserved through cultural tradition and collective memory.
All labels observed (95)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| legendary figure canonical | 210 |
| legendary king | 70 |
| allegorical figure | 57 |
| character in the Mahabharata | 50 |
| folk hero | 43 |
| Mahabharata character | 37 |
| legendary creature | 27 |
| semi-legendary figure | 25 |
| tragic hero | 19 |
| legendary ancestor | 14 |
| legendary character | 13 |
| legend | 11 |
| legendary hero | 11 |
| folklore figure | 10 |
| legendary monarch | 10 |
| legendary ruler | 10 |
| legendary queen | 9 |
| epic hero | 8 |
| legendary people | 8 |
| eponymous hero | 6 |
| Christian legendary figure | 5 |
| cultural hero | 5 |
| legendary founder | 5 |
| local legend | 5 |
| Arthurian legendary character | 4 |
| Legendary figure | 4 |
| character in the Epic of Gilgamesh | 4 |
| epic poetry character | 4 |
| legendary warrior | 4 |
| epic heroine | 3 |
| founder figure | 3 |
| heroic figure | 3 |
| legendary heroine | 3 |
| legendary knight | 3 |
| legendary person | 3 |
| mythical person | 3 |
| semi-legendary person | 3 |
| British legendary figure | 2 |
| Robin Hood character | 2 |
| apocalyptic figure | 2 |
| characters in Roman legend | 2 |
| founding legend | 2 |
| legendary emperor | 2 |
| legendary warriors | 2 |
| mythical founder | 2 |
| semi-legendary historical figure | 2 |
| Chinese legendary figures | 1 |
| CollectiveLegendaryFigure | 1 |
| Iranian folk hero | 1 |
| Japanese legendary figure | 1 |
| Solomonic legend | 1 |
| Vietnamese folk hero | 1 |
| archetypal figure | 1 |
| biblical characters | 1 |
| biblical-legendary character | 1 |
| character in English folklore | 1 |
| characters in Hindu legend | 1 |
| civilizing hero | 1 |
| creator figure | 1 |
| figure in medieval legend | 1 |
| founding figure | 1 |
| historical figure of disputed existence | 1 |
| historical figure of disputed historicity | 1 |
| legendary Roman figures | 1 |
| legendary ancestral figure | 1 |
| legendary figures | 1 |
| legendary founders of Rome | 1 |
| legendary giant | 1 |
| legendary historical figure | 1 |
| legendary indigenous leader | 1 |
| legendary lawgiver | 1 |
| legendary monarchs | 1 |
| legendary musician | 1 |
| legendary outlaws | 1 |
| legendary phenomenon | 1 |
| legendary pirate | 1 |
| legendary poet | 1 |
| legendary rulers | 1 |
| legendary sailor | 1 |
| legendary seafaring people | 1 |
| legendary strongman | 1 |
| legendary tribal ancestor | 1 |
| legendary voyager | 1 |
| legendaryFigure | 1 |
| medieval Greek literary character | 1 |
| medieval Irish figure | 1 |
| mythical or semi-legendary figure | 1 |
| mythological rider | 1 |
| mythologized figure | 1 |
| person of uncertain historicity | 1 |
| proverbial figure | 1 |
| regional figure | 1 |
| լեգենդար հերոս | 1 |
| ეროვნული მოღვაწე | 1 |
| 伝説上の人物 | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: legendary figure
Generated description
A legendary figure is a person, real or mythical, whose extraordinary deeds and enduring stories have been magnified and preserved through cultural tradition and collective memory.
Instances (734)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Kaveh the Blacksmith | legendary hero |
| Brünnhilde | legendary heroine |
| Virtue | allegorical figure |
|
Biddenden
surface form:
Biddenden Maids
|
local legend |
| Romeo Montague | tragic hero |
|
Tanaquil (traditional attribution)
surface form:
Tanaquil
|
— |
| Lohrasp | legendary king |
|
Bowie
surface form:
James Bowie
|
folk hero |
| Dedi the magician | — |
| Brandner Kaspar | legendary character |
|
Brandner Kaspar is an old man
surface form:
Brandner Kaspar
|
— |
| Nitocris | — |
| King Harishchandra | — |
| Life-in-Death | allegorical figure |
| Didymus | — |
| Goshtasp | legendary king |
|
Nacogdoche (Caddo tribe chief’s son in legend)
surface form:
Nacogdoche
|
— |
| Dante Alighieri’s Beatrice | allegorical figure |
| Alan Gua | legendary ancestral figure |
| Brihadbala | character in the Mahabharata |
| Doroteo Arango | folk hero |
| Glaucus Pontius | legendary character |
| griffin (mythology) | legendary creature |
| White Hare of Inaba | legend |
| Gawain | legendary knight |
| Madoc ab Owain Gwynedd | — |
| Bodonchar Munkhag | — |
|
Menelik I (in Ethiopian tradition)
surface form:
Menelik I
|
— |
| Britannia with shield and trident | allegorical figure |
| Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl | semi-legendary figure |
| Santa Claus | — |
| Folke Filbyter | — |
|
Folke Filbyter from Swedish medieval legend
surface form:
Folke Filbyter
|
— |
| Ragnar Lodbrok | legendary king |
| Alban kings | legendary monarchs |
| Bilqis | legendary queen |
| Britannia | allegorical figure |
| effigy of Marianne | allegorical figure |
| Ghatafan ibn Saʿd | legendary tribal ancestor |
| Manco Cápac | — |
| Fergus Mór | legendary king |
| Saint Trophimus of Arles | — |
|
Are
surface form:
Hieda no Are
|
legendary person |
|
Ad
surface form:
ʿĀd
|
legendary people |
| Přemysl the Ploughman | — |
|
Bellerus (in some traditions)
surface form:
Bellerus
|
legendary person |
| Stasinus of Cyprus | semi-legendary figure |
|
Schwarzer König (Black King)
surface form:
Schwarzer König
|
allegorical figure |
| Green King | allegorical figure |
| Andreas Hofer | folk hero |