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 |
|---|---|
| Huigen brought jade Buddha statues from Burma to Shanghai | founding legend |
| Gilgamesh | legendary king |
|
Otello in Verdi's "Otello"
surface form:
Otello (character)
|
tragic hero |
| Emperor Jimmu | legendary emperor |
| Sir Galahad | Arthurian legendary character |
| The Great Peacemaker | — |
| Pied Piper of Hamelin | — |
| Wild Bill Hickok | folk hero |
| Annie Oakley | folk hero |
|
Watzmann
surface form:
King Watzmann legend
|
local legend |
| Sabus | — |
| Saint Maurice | — |
| Enmerkar | legendary king |
| Saint William of Gellone | figure in medieval legend |
| Hinokuma Hamanari | — |
|
Battus
surface form:
Battus I of Cyrene
|
— |
| Romulus and Remus | legendary founders of Rome |
| Meirion (legendary figure) | — |
|
Cadair Idris
surface form:
Idris Gawr
|
legendary giant |
| Emperor Nintoku | semi-legendary figure |
| Freki | legendary creature |
| Partheniae | legendary people |
| Sinbad the Sailor | legendary sailor |
| Myskellos of Rhypes | legendary founder |
| Saint Joachim | Christian legendary figure |
| Cerdic of Wessex | semi-legendary person |
| Entimos of Crete | mythical founder |
| monster of Glamis | legendary creature |
| Grey Lady ghost | — |
| Krampus | folklore figure |
| Jack Frost | folklore figure |
| Bodhidharma | semi-legendary figure |
| Gwalchmei | — |
| The Peacemaker | — |
| Erichthonius | — |
| Δάρδανος | legendary founder |
| Bigfoot | legendary creature |
| Ludwig der Springer | — |
| Man in the Iron Mask | legendary historical figure |
| Padmini of Chittor | legendary queen |
| Lycurgus (legendary lawgiver) | legendary lawgiver |
| mysterious unknown carpenter | — |
| Judah Loew ben Bezalel | folklore figure |
| Bochica | civilizing hero |
| Liberty striding forward with torch and olive branch (Saint-Gaudens type) | allegorical figure |
| Piast the Wheelwright | — |
| Theseus | — |
| Sinchi Roca | — |
| King Midas | — |
| Antarah ibn Shaddad | — |