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.
All labels observed (33)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 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 narrative canonical | 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 |
Description generation (CDg)
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Instruction
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Input
Class: legendary narrative
Generated description
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.
Instances (45)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Acts of Saint Susanna | hagiographical legend |
| Doctrine of Addai | — |
| Biag ni Lam-ang | Philippine epic |
|
Woolpit
surface form:
Green Children of Woolpit
|
medieval legend |
| Voyage of Saint Brendan | hagiographical narrative |
| Salur Kazanun Evinin Yagmalandigi Boy | heroic episode |
| Bamsi Beyrek Boyu | heroic tale |
| Duha Koca Oglu Deli Dumrul Boyu | heroic tale |
| Kanli Koca Oglu Kan Turali Boyu | heroic tale |
| Basat’in Tepegözü Öldürdüğü Boy | heroic tale |
| Salur Kazan’in Esir Olduğu Boy | heroic tale |
| Salur Kazan’in Yedi Baslı Ejderhayı Öldürdüğü Boy | heroic episode |
| trial of Saint Eulalia | hagiographic episode |
| Itihasa | ancient Indian narrative tradition |
| Darangen | Philippine epic |
|
Rape of the Sabine Women (mythological event)
surface form:
Rape of the Sabine Women
|
legendary episode |
| Legend of Noccalula | Cherokee legend |
| Saint Christopher (prose narrative) | hagiographic narrative |
| Ayaymama legend | folklore narrative |
| Genesis 1 | creation narrative |
|
Acts of Bartholomew (apocryphal tradition)
surface form:
Acts of Bartholomew
|
hagiographical narrative |
| Khwadāy-Nāmag | legendary chronicle |
| King George II stood during a London performance | popular legend |
| Seven Labors | legendary series of heroic trials |
| Khamba Thoibi legend | heroic tale |
| Ulster Cycle | body of heroic legend |
| legendarium of Middle-earth | legendarium |
|
the Locker
surface form:
Davy Jones' Locker
|
nautical legend |
| Tobiume (flying plum tree) legend | folklore narrative |
| British national mythology | symbolic narrative tradition |
| Sleeping Beauty legend | folk narrative |
| miracle of the fish with the ring | medieval legend |
| Origo Gentis Langobardorum | origin legend |
| The Tale of the Two Brothers | ancient Egyptian narrative |
| The Myth of Anzû | ancient narrative |
| Flight of the Noldor | legendarium concept |
| Solomon and the hoopoe | traditional tale |
| Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg | medieval legend |
|
medieval lives of Saint George
surface form:
Medieval Lives of Saint George
|
hagiographical narrative |
| Jukurrpa | creation narrative |
| Tjilbruke Dreaming | ancestral story |
| Holy Grail legends | medieval legend |
| Beren and Lúthien’s quest | legendary tale |
| Beauty and the Beast (traditional fairy tale) | European folk narrative |
| Dick Whittington and His Cat | traditional tale |