legendary narrative
C29101
concept
A legendary narrative is a traditional story, often rooted in historical events or figures, that has been embellished over time with mythical or supernatural elements to convey cultural values or explain the extraordinary.
Observed surface forms (32)
- heroic tale ×6
- medieval legend ×4
- hagiographical narrative ×3
- Philippine epic ×2
- creation narrative ×2
- folklore narrative ×2
- heroic episode ×2
- traditional tale ×2
- American folklore narrative ×1
- Cherokee legend ×1
- European folk narrative ×1
- Maranao epic ×1
- ancestral story ×1
- ancient Egyptian narrative ×1
- ancient Indian narrative tradition ×1
- ancient narrative ×1
- body of heroic legend ×1
- folk narrative ×1
- hagiographic episode ×1
- hagiographic narrative ×1
- hagiographical legend ×1
- legendarium ×1
- legendarium concept ×1
- legendary chronicle ×1
- legendary episode ×1
- legendary series of heroic trials ×1
- legendary tale ×1
- medieval Turkic narrative ×1
- nautical legend ×1
- origin legend ×1
- popular legend ×1
- symbolic narrative tradition ×1
Instances (45)
- Acts of Saint Susanna via concept surface "hagiographical legend"
- Doctrine of Addai
- Biag ni Lam-ang via concept surface "Philippine epic"
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Woolpit
via concept surface "medieval legend"
surface form: Green Children of Woolpit
- Voyage of Saint Brendan via concept surface "hagiographical narrative"
- Salur Kazanun Evinin Yagmalandigi Boy via concept surface "heroic episode"
- Bamsi Beyrek Boyu via concept surface "heroic tale"
- Duha Koca Oglu Deli Dumrul Boyu via concept surface "heroic tale"
- Kanli Koca Oglu Kan Turali Boyu via concept surface "heroic tale"
- Basat’in Tepegözü Öldürdüğü Boy via concept surface "heroic tale"
- Salur Kazan’in Esir Olduğu Boy via concept surface "heroic tale"
- Salur Kazan’in Yedi Baslı Ejderhayı Öldürdüğü Boy via concept surface "heroic episode"
- trial of Saint Eulalia via concept surface "hagiographic episode"
- Itihasa via concept surface "ancient Indian narrative tradition"
- Darangen via concept surface "Philippine epic"
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Rape of the Sabine Women (mythological event)
via concept surface "legendary episode"
surface form: Rape of the Sabine Women
- Legend of Noccalula via concept surface "Cherokee legend"
- Saint Christopher (prose narrative) via concept surface "hagiographic narrative"
- Ayaymama legend via concept surface "folklore narrative"
- Genesis 1 via concept surface "creation narrative"
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Acts of Bartholomew (apocryphal tradition)
via concept surface "hagiographical narrative"
surface form: Acts of Bartholomew
- Khwadāy-Nāmag via concept surface "legendary chronicle"
- King George II stood during a London performance via concept surface "popular legend"
- Seven Labors via concept surface "legendary series of heroic trials"
- Khamba Thoibi legend via concept surface "heroic tale"
- Ulster Cycle via concept surface "body of heroic legend"
- legendarium of Middle-earth via concept surface "legendarium"
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the Locker
via concept surface "nautical legend"
surface form: Davy Jones' Locker
- Tobiume (flying plum tree) legend via concept surface "folklore narrative"
- British national mythology via concept surface "symbolic narrative tradition"
- Sleeping Beauty legend via concept surface "folk narrative"
- miracle of the fish with the ring via concept surface "medieval legend"
- Origo Gentis Langobardorum via concept surface "origin legend"
- The Tale of the Two Brothers via concept surface "ancient Egyptian narrative"
- The Myth of Anzû via concept surface "ancient narrative"
- Flight of the Noldor via concept surface "legendarium concept"
- Solomon and the hoopoe via concept surface "traditional tale"
- Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg via concept surface "medieval legend"
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medieval lives of Saint George
via concept surface "hagiographical narrative"
surface form: Medieval Lives of Saint George
- Jukurrpa via concept surface "creation narrative"
- Tjilbruke Dreaming via concept surface "ancestral story"
- Holy Grail legends via concept surface "medieval legend"
- Beren and Lúthien’s quest via concept surface "legendary tale"
- Beauty and the Beast (traditional fairy tale) via concept surface "European folk narrative"
- Dick Whittington and His Cat via concept surface "traditional tale"