Whats the differences between myth and legend?
“Legends” differed from “myths”, in that legends may sometimes be based on historical facts or persons, that later become distorted over a period of time. Normally, legend tends to enlarge the figure to heroic proportion. Legend can also be confined to a particular time and place. Myths tend to tell of fantastic tales of supernatural such as the gods and heroes with magical abilities. Myths make no attempts to prove it has any factual basis. (Doing so would tend to spoil the tales, anyway.) However, the distinction between myth and legend tend to blur, due to the fact that tales can inherit both mythical and legendary aspects. For me, I tend to leave the distinction of terms such “myth” and “legend”, “fables” and “folktales”, “epic” and “sagas”, to the experts, since these definitions are vague and often imprecise.
“Legends” differed from “myths”, in that legends may sometimes be based on historical facts or persons, that later become distorted over a period of time. Normally, legend tends to enlarge the figure to heroic proportion. Legend can also be confined to a particular time and place. Myths tend to tell of fantastic tales of supernatural such as the gods and heroes with magical abilities. Myths make no attempts to prove it has any factual basis. (Doing so would tend to spoil the tales, anyway.) However, the distinction between myth and legend tend to blur, due to the fact that tales can inherit both mythical and legendary aspects. For me, I tend to leave the distinction of terms such “myth” and “legend”, “fables” and “folktales”, “epic” and “sagas”, to the experts, since these definitions are vague and often imprecise.
