Epic and Tale

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Epic noun - A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds.

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Tale is a synonym for epic in long story topic. In some cases you can use "Tale" instead a noun "Epic".

Nearby Word: epical

Tale noun - A rumor or report of a personal or sensational nature.

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Epic is a synonym for tale in legend topic. You can use "Epic" instead a noun "Tale".

old	old epic	old tale
full	full epic	full tale
long	long epic	long tale
standard	standard epic	standard tale
Other adjectives: original, true, single, medieval, romantic, entire, serious, dark, ancient, traditional, classic, last, written, Indian, greek.

Avatar: The Last Airbender: Long ago, you could begin a long, sweeping tale of an epic legend in hushed tones and without interruption.

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The medieval Arabic/Persian epic, Layla and Majnun, a tragic love story written by Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi in the 12th century, based on an Arabic tale from around the late 7th or 8th century.

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A Dinosaur's Story, transformed a simple Fish out of Water tale about large prehistoric creatures dropped into the strange new setting of modern-day New York into a full-blown Disneyfied epic.

Source: Adaptation Expansion

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