Legend
Legend noun - A traditional but unfounded story that gives the reason for a current custom, belief, or fact of nature.
Usage example: some ancient civilizations had legends about spirits that inhabited trees and rocks
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Synonyms for Legend
Parable is a synonym for legend in tale topic. In some cases you can use "Parable" instead a noun "Legend".
Nearby Word: legendary
Parable
Parable noun - A short moral story (often with animal characters).
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Synonyms for Parable
Legend is a synonym for parable in tale topic. You can use "Legend" instead a noun "Parable", if it concerns topics such as story, language, moral story.
Nearby Word: parabolical
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- Then there's the cautionary parable of Palwin Of The Fields, a Tamarian legend demonstrating the price of hubris, but offering hope of escape through madness.
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The Ring of Gyges, a legend or rather, a parable told by Plato in book II of The Republic: It made its wearer invisible, but also corrupted its finder Gyges, as he could not resist the temptation to abuse its power.
Source: Ring of Power
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