A legend (Latin, legenda, "things to be read") is a narrative of human actions that are perceived both by teller and listeners to take place within human history and to possess certain qualities that give the tale verisimilitude. Legend, for its active and passive participants, includes no happenings that are outside the realm of "possibility", defined by a highly flexible set of parameters, which may include miracles that are perceived as actually having happened, within the specific tradition of indoctrination where th ...

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Legend tripping, Legend tripping - Origins, Legend tripping - Sites for legend trips, Legend tripping - The legend trip, Legend tripping - Reactions and controversies, Legend tripping - Supernatural dares, Legend tripping - Legend tripping in popular culture, Legend tripping - Places associated with legend tripping

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While the stories that attach to the sites of legend tripping vary from place to place, and sometimes contain a kernel of historical truth, there are a number of motifs and recurring themes in the legends and the sites. Abandoned buildings, remote bridges, tunnels, caves, rural roads, specific woods or other uninhabited or (semi-uninhabited) areas, and most importantly, cemeteries are frequent sites of legend-tripping pilgrimage. The gravesite of the murderess Bloody Mary Worth is miraculously multiplied, and is said to exist in sever ...

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Legend tripping, Legend tripping - Origins, Legend tripping - Sites for legend trips, Legend tripping - The legend trip, Legend tripping - Reactions and controversies, Legend tripping - Supernatural dares, Legend tripping - Legend tripping in popular culture, Legend tripping - Places associated with legend tripping

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Catalan myths and legends are the traditional myths and legends of the Catalan-speaking world, especially Catalonia itself, passed down for generations as part of that region's popular culture. Among the figures of Catalan mythology are: Aloja Catalan mythology about witches Dip Dona d'aigua Donyet Dragons Drac (generally male) Víbria (specifically female) Encantaria Follet Gambutzí Goja Home de ...

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Urban Legend (1998) is a thriller film starring Alicia Witt, Jared Leto, Rebecca Gayheart, Robert Englund, Tara Reid, Joshua Jackson, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Michael Rosenbaum, Danielle Harris, John Neville, and Loretta Devine. Urban Legend is based on the premise that a killer is using the methods of death described in certain urban legends (such as the fatal mixing of cola and Pop Rocks) as a means to kill his victims. Parts of the movie were filmed at Trinity College School, Port Hope, ...

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The anti-Spanish Black Legend (in Spanish, leyenda negra) is the depiction of Spain and Spaniards as bloodthirsty and cruel, greedy and fanatical. The term was coined by Julián Juderías in his 1914 book La leyenda negra y la verdad histórica (The Black Legend and Historical Truth). The Black Legend is distinguished from other similar discourses throughout history by its extension, influence and persistence in time. The Legend influenced historical understanding and accounts in most European countries and, through them, much of the world. Its zenith may have come in the 16th century, but ...

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• Black Legend - Origin
• Black Legend - The classic sources
• Black Legend - The Enlightenment
• Black Legend - Romantic travellers
• Black Legend - Westward Ho!
• Black Legend - Modern historiography
• Black Legend - Black Legend in the United States of America
• Black Legend - White Legend
• Black Legend - Foot notes
• Black Legend - Bibliography

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Ceres, Celestial Legend (妖しのセレス, Ayashi no Seresu or Ayashi no Ceres), is a 14-volume shōjo manga series by Yū Watase, the creator of the popular manga/anime series Fushigi Yūgi. There is also the anime with the same title, which runs in 24 episodes in length. The manga is published in English by VIZ Media. Ayashi no Ceres was serialized from 1996 to 2000 in the bi-weekly Japanese manga magazine Shōjo Comic. The original Japanese title is Ayashi n ...

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Urban legends are a kind of folklore consisting of stories often thought to be factual by those circulating them (see rumor). The term is often used in the meaning similar to the expression "apocryphal story". Urban legends are sometimes repeated in news stories and, in recent years, distributed by e-mail. People frequently say such tales happened to a "friend of a friend"—so often, in fact, that FOAF has become a commonly used acronym to describe ...

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• Urban legend - Origins
• Urban legend - Structure
• Urban legend - Propagation and belief
• Urban legend - Urban legend versus urban myth
• Urban legend - Documenting urban legends
• Urban legend - Examples

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legend: A story of uncertain historical basis, transmitted from generation to generation.

See: folk narratives, katha, mythology.

(See also: Legend, Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)

The Urban Legends Reference Pages, also known as snopes.com, is a website dedicated to determining the truth about many urban legends, modern-day myths and other such stories of uncertain or questionable origin. Snopes is run by Barbara and David Mikkelson, a couple from California who met on the newsgroup alt.folklore.urban and married. The site is organized according to topic and includes a ...

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Champ or Champy is the name given to a reputed lake monster living in Lake Champlain. The creature's existence has never been scientifically verified. Some people believe that Champ is legend, while others believe that perhaps some unknown species of creature does live deep in the lake. The state government of Vermont has put Champ on its Endangered Species List, so that, if an unknown water animal is present, it will be protected by law. Champ has a famous photo (like the Surgeon's photo) of a plesiosa ...

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The film was written by William Hjortsberg and produced by Arnon Milchan. But the behind-the-scenes story on the making of the film is in itself a legend. Halfway through the filming, the 007 Stage at Pinewood Studios (where the film was shot, and had been used for many James Bond films) burned completely to the ground, forcing the producers to finish the movie on hastily completed sets. Then, the film failed in test screenings. Among the complaints from test audiences was about Jerry Goldsmith's score (considered by some music critics to be ...

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Legend film, Legend film - Plot summary, Legend film - The legend behind Legend, Legend film - Legend and The Legend of Zelda

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Disney Legends - 1987. Fred MacMurray, Film Disney Legends - 1988. No awards Disney Legends - 1989. Les Clark, Animation (given posthumously) Marc Davis, Animation & Imagineering Ub Iwerks, Animation & Imagineering (given posthumously) Ollie Johnston, Animation Milt Kahl, Animation (given posthumously) Ward Kimball, Animation & Imagineering ...

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Disney Legends, Disney Legends - Recipients, Disney Legends - 1987, Disney Legends - 1988, Disney Legends - 1989, Disney Legends - 1990, Disney Legends - 1991, Disney Legends - 1992, Disney Legends - 1993, Disney Legends - 1994, Disney Legends - 1995, Disney Legends - 1996, Disney Legends - 1997, Disney Legends - 1998, Disney Legends - 1999, Disney Legends - 2000, Disney Legends - 2001, Disney Legends - 2002, Disney Legends - 2003, Disney Legends - 2004, Disney Legends - 2005

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Its gameplay defied categorization at its time of release, incorporating elements from action-adventure games, role-playing games, and puzzles. The game was one of the most successful of its time, selling 6.5 million copies. Zelda featured many technical innovations as well. Its cartridge was the first to feature a battery that allowed the player to save his progress across multiple sessions with the game (previous games used passwords, often long and complicated) by pressing Up and Start in the second controller. ...

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The Legend of Zelda, The Legend of Zelda - Game overview, The Legend of Zelda - Bosses, The Legend of Zelda - Aquamentus, The Legend of Zelda - Dodongos, The Legend of Zelda - Manhandla, The Legend of Zelda - Gleeok, The Legend of Zelda - Digdogger, The Legend of Zelda - Gohma, The Legend of Zelda - Ganon, The Legend of Zelda - Innovations, The Legend of Zelda - Controversy, The Legend of Zelda - The second quest, The Legend of Zelda - The third quest?, The Legend of Zelda - Re-releases

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In contrast to the Black Legend is the so-called White Legend (in Spanish, "leyenda rosa", literally "rosy” legend). Advocates of the Black Legend postulate the existence of a White Legend comparable to the Black Legend in extension, influence and persistence in time. An easily refuted straw-man. White Legend is then invoked as a rhetorical device in discussions concerning the Black Legend. A White Legend with reference to the history of Spain is argued to have only been prominent during certain limited time periods such as, for example, during the Falang ...

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Black Legend, Black Legend - Origin, Black Legend - The classic sources, Black Legend - The Enlightenment, Black Legend - Romantic travellers, Black Legend - Westward Ho!, Black Legend - Modern historiography, Black Legend - Black Legend in the United States of America, Black Legend - White Legend, Black Legend - Foot notes, Black Legend - Bibliography

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The concept of legend tripping is at least as old as Mark Twain's 1876 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, which contains several accounts of adolescents visiting allegedly haunted houses and caves said to be the lairs of criminals. Tom Sawyer is based on lore that was current in Twain's own boyhood, and by Twain's time the main features of the ritual were already in place. Much older versions of the custom may be glimpsed in traditional ballad tales such as the ballad of Tam Lin. In this ballad, a young woman is warned that t ...

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Legend tripping, Legend tripping - Origins, Legend tripping - Sites for legend trips, Legend tripping - The legend trip, Legend tripping - Reactions and controversies, Legend tripping - Supernatural dares, Legend tripping - Legend tripping in popular culture, Legend tripping - Places associated with legend tripping

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The stages of Castlevania: Legends: 01. The Graveyard 02. Castle Halls 03. Clock Tower 04. Castle Keep Bonus Stage: The Dungeon 05. Inner Den Castlevania Legends - Bosses. Stage 1 - Creatures Bat This humanoid bat is an artificial life form created by Dracula's alchemists. It can fly about the arena and attacks Sonia with its brute physical streng ...

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Castlevania Legends, Castlevania Legends - Story, Castlevania Legends - Gameplay, Castlevania Legends - Stages, Castlevania Legends - Bosses, Castlevania Legends - Music, Castlevania Legends - Reasons for Igarashi's retcon

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Legend of Mana - World map and Artifacts. After the player chooses to play as either a male or female character and selects a starting weapon, the screen shifts to a world map, in which the player is asked to pick a square area as the game's play field. The selected area then becomes, for all purposes, the game's world. The game world is divided into a series of empty square plots of ground — from which there are 36 possible in total — and depending on the artifact which is placed on the plot, a different Lan ...

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Legend of Mana, Legend of Mana - Gameplay, Legend of Mana - World map and Artifacts, Legend of Mana - Sidekicks, Legend of Mana - Weapon tempering, Legend of Mana - Elemental spirits, Legend of Mana - Plot branches, Legend of Mana - Jumi branch, Legend of Mana - Dragon branch, Legend of Mana - Faerie branch, Legend of Mana - Optional branches, Legend of Mana - The final chapter, Legend of Mana - List of sidekicks

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When Legend was 4, he started playing gospel and classical piano that his grandmother had taught him. And at the age of 5 or 6, he sang with the church choir. Legend attended Springfield North High School, graduating as Salutatorian at 16. He was also prom king. He attended the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League university in Philadelphia. There, he was a member of the coed a cappella group Counterparts[1]. At Penn, Legend majored in English, with an emphasis on African American literature and culture. Oddly enough, his first job afte ...

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John Legend, John Legend - Biography, John Legend - Awards, John Legend - Discography, John Legend - Albums, John Legend - Singles

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Discussing, tracking, and analyzing urban legends has become a popular pursuit. It is the topic of a thriving Usenet newsgroup, alt.folklore.urban, and several Web pages, including snopes.com. and truthorfiction.com. The United States Department of Energy has a service called Hoaxbusters that deals with all sorts of computer-distributed hoaxes and legends. A TV series, MythBusters, tri ...

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Urban legend, Urban legend - Origins, Urban legend - Structure, Urban legend - Propagation and belief, Urban legend - Urban legend versus urban myth, Urban legend - Documenting urban legends, Urban legend - Examples

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