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| noun; a tale, especially a long story of adventure or incredible happenings |
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1. the traditional beliefs, legends, customs |
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1. a tale or legend originating and traditional among a people or folk, especially one forming part of the oral tradition of the common people. |
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| noun- type of hero, real, fictional, or mythollogical |
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1. a story, usually for children, about elves, hobgoblins, dragons, fairies, or other magical creatures |
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1. a nonhistorical or unverifiable story handed down by tradition from earlier times and popularly accepted as historical |
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1. a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, especially one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature |
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1. a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters; apologue: the fable of the tortoise and the hare; Aesop's fables |
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noun, plural -ries.
1. a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another |
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1. a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication: an allusion to Shakespeare. |
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1. a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson |
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| An exaggerated, unreliable story: “My uncle claims that he was raised in a drainage ditch, but it's just another of his tall tales.” |
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1. any light, simple song, especially one of sentimental or romantic character, having two or more stanzas all sung to the same melody. |
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adjective Also, ep·i·cal.
1. noting or pertaining to a long poetic composition, usually centered upon a hero, in which a series of great achievements or events is narrated in elevated style: Homer's Iliad is an epic poem |
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| noun: a main character in an epic whose legendary or heroic actions are central to his/her culture, race, or nation |
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