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is halfway between the nomadic folktale and the centralized myth.

typically a story pattern associated with a particular place.

's chief value is to mix up the centuries while preserving the sentiment.

It is the chief value of legend to mix up the centuries while preserving the sentiment.

Legend: a lie that has the dignity of age

is like apicturea seen through a fog: it lifts and shows a glimpse, then as quickly closes in again.

Legends are like pictures seen through a fog: it lifts and shows a glimpse, then as quickly closes in again.

is distinguished from history in that history has its truth, and legend has hers.

is gossip that has attained the dignity of age.

gossip that has attained the dignity of age.

is contrasted with history in that history is facts which become lies in the end while legends are lies which become history in the end.

History is facts which become lies in the end; legends are lies which become history in the end