What are the similarities between Myth and Legend?
Myths and legends are pretty much the same thing, except for the facts that myths originate from ancient pagan religions, while legends are more like folklore.
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What is the definition of a myth?
Mythology are stories that explains practices, beliefs, or natural phenomenon.
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What is the definition of an allusion?
An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
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What is the definition of a legend?
Legends are stories about real people, considered as heroes, that have been passed down generation to generation.
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What are the differences between Myths and Legends?
Legend are narrative of actions performed by humans sometime in history; it an historical account of events and people from ancient times. Myths are stories or tales that have been rooted in religion or folk beliefs of that time.
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What is one example of a type of conflict in a Myth and Legend?
Man vs Man.
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What are the elements of a myth?
Imaginative element is used to exaggerate a story.
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"Life is a rollercoaster." Is this a metaphor or a denotation?
Metaphor.
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What are the elements of a legend?
Symbolism is used to define a natural situation or event.
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What are the differences in setting?
Myths are more fair tail/make believe places and Legends are most of the time places that can exist in the real world.
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Can both myth and legend be imaginary?
Yes. In a legend a person can imagine that they are in a castle or something else.
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Are myths fact or fiction?
Fact, but it is exaggerated.
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"It was so cold I saw polar bears wearing jackets." What is this an example of?
A hyperbole.
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Are legends fact or fiction?
Mostly fiction, made up stories about how the “world was formed”.
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True or False: All character archetypes are in a myth and legend stories?
False
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Does every myth or legend story have plot?
Yes they both do.
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Why are myths known to be fictional?
Mythic fiction is literature that is rooted in, inspired by, or that in some way draws from the tropes, themes and symbolism of myth, legend, folklore, and fairy tales.