Myth and legend

Myth and legendJOCSAN G. JIMENEZ M.

myth Myth is a feature of every culture. Many

sources for myths have been proposed, ranging from personification of nature or personification of natural phenomena, to

truthful or hyperbolic accounts of historical events to explanations of existing rituals.

Holy Grail digital art part of Christian mythology.

Norse mythology

Legend

Legend, for its active and passive participants, includes no happenings that are

outside the realm of "possibility", but may include miracles. Legends may be transformed

over time, in order to keep them fresh and vital, and realistic.

King Arthur King Arthur is a legendary British leader who, according to

medieval histories and romances, led the defence of Britain against Saxon invaders in the late 5th and early 6th centuries AD. The details of Arthur's story are mainly composed of folklore and literary invention, and his historical existence is debated and disputed by modern historians.

King Arthur. A crude illustration from a 15th-century Welsh language version of Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae