Legends are folktales about extraordinary events, often involving meetings with the supernatural, set in a specific time and place, and featuring specific people. Legends may or may not have a historical or factual basis, but they are told as true and bel...
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Legends
Exploring legend in history, folklore, literature, fiction, and the arts.
Legend of Semiramis
On the legendary queen of Assyria, said to have built Babylon with its hanging gardens.
Legend of the Lady of the Lake
Synopsis of the Legend of the Lady of Lake at Lake Rokonkoma, New York.
Mysteries of Rennes-le-Chateau
Manuscript images and details of the research of Gay Roberts on the mysterious treasure of Rennes-le-Chateau.
Legends of Florence
Collected and retold by Charles Godfrey Leland (1895), e-text from Making of America.
Project Sheba
Discussion of the source texts, legends, and theories on the Queen of Sheba, by Miri Hunter Haruach.
Christ Legends
Eleven legends retold by Selma Lagerlöf (1908); e-text at the Baldwin Project.
The Book of Legends
Popular legends retold by Horace E. Scudder (1900); e-text at the Baldwin Project.
The Wise Men of Gotham
Humorous tales about the men of Gotham, who pretended to be madmen during the reign of King John of England.
Shine: The Concept of the World in Macedonian Folk Legends
Essay by Ermis Lafazanovski discussing pre-Christian and Christian ideas on the concept of the world as present in Macedonian legends.
Heroic Legends
European legends from the Middle Ages, by Agnes Grozier Herbertson (1908), e-text from Kellscraft Studio.
Rennes-Le-Chateau
Searching for the lost treasure of Rennes-le-Chateau.
Luxembourg Legends
Five legends of Luxembourg presented by the Luxembourg Tourist Office in London.
Legends of the Rhine
By Wilhelm Ruland (1906) with illustrations; e-text at Kellscraft Studio.
Exploring legend in history, folklore, literature, fiction, and the arts.
On the legendary queen of Assyria, said to have built Babylon with its hanging gardens.
Synopsis of the Legend of the Lady of Lake at Lake Rokonkoma, New York.
Manuscript images and details of the research of Gay Roberts on the mysterious treasure of Rennes-le-Chateau.
Collected and retold by Charles Godfrey Leland (1895), e-text from Making of America.
Discussion of the source texts, legends, and theories on the Queen of Sheba, by Miri Hunter Haruach.
Eleven legends retold by Selma Lagerlöf (1908); e-text at the Baldwin Project.
Popular legends retold by Horace E. Scudder (1900); e-text at the Baldwin Project.
Humorous tales about the men of Gotham, who pretended to be madmen during the reign of King John of England.
Essay by Ermis Lafazanovski discussing pre-Christian and Christian ideas on the concept of the world as present in Macedonian legends.
European legends from the Middle Ages, by Agnes Grozier Herbertson (1908), e-text from Kellscraft Studio.
Searching for the lost treasure of Rennes-le-Chateau.
Five legends of Luxembourg presented by the Luxembourg Tourist Office in London.
By Wilhelm Ruland (1906) with illustrations; e-text at Kellscraft Studio.
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