legendary figure

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.

Observed surface forms (42)

• folk hero ×6
• allegorical figure ×4
• Legendary figure ×3
• legendary king ×3
• tragic hero ×3
• characters in Roman legend ×2
• legend ×2
• legendary ruler ×2
• Arthurian legendary character ×1
• British legendary figure ×1

• Christian legendary figure ×1
• Japanese legendary figure ×1
• Mahabharata character ×1
• Robin Hood character ×1
• apocalyptic figure ×1
• biblical characters ×1
• character in English folklore ×1
• cultural hero ×1
• epic poetry character ×1
• folklore figure ×1
• founder figure ×1
• founding legend ×1
• heroic figure ×1
• legendary Roman figures ×1
• legendary character ×1
• legendary creature ×1
• legendary emperor ×1
• legendary founders of Rome ×1
• legendary historical figure ×1
• legendary indigenous leader ×1
• legendary knight ×1
• legendary monarch ×1
• legendary musician ×1
• legendary outlaws ×1
• legendary queen ×1
• legendary sailor ×1
• legendary voyager ×1
• medieval Greek literary character ×1
• medieval Irish figure ×1
• mythological rider ×1
• person of uncertain historicity ×1
• semi-legendary figure ×1

Instances (63)

• Epimenides of Crete via concept surface "semi-legendary figure"
• Birbal via concept surface "folk hero"
• St. Brendan the Navigator via concept surface "legendary voyager"
• Lady Holy Church via concept surface "allegorical figure"
• Conscience via concept surface "allegorical figure"
  surface form: Conscience (Piers Plowman)
• William F. Cody via concept surface "folk hero"
• “Molly Pitcher” (Mary Ludwig Hays, traditional attribution)
  surface form: Molly Pitcher
• King Shahryar via concept surface "legendary monarch"
• Johnny Canuck via concept surface "folk hero"
• Ken Arok via concept surface "legendary ruler"
• Jack the Giant Killer via concept surface "folk hero"
• Jayabaya via concept surface "legendary king"
• Achaemenes