Legend and Saying

Legend

Legend noun - An explanatory list of the symbols on a map or chart.

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Saying and legend are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Saying" instead a noun "Legend".

Nearby Word: legendary

Saying noun - An often stated observation regarding something from common experience.

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Legend and saying are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Legend" instead a noun "Saying".

Nearby Word: say

known	known legend	known saying
old	old legend	old saying
similar	similar legend	similar saying
common	common legend	common saying
Other adjectives: short, certain, original, true, actual, big, obscure, famous, new, traditional, military, last, local, Indian.

He later gives a similar lesson to Korra, who had just lost her powers and connections to her past lives, saying that Wan, the first Avatar, became a legend for who he was, not what, shaking her out of her Heroic B.S.O.D..

Source: Be Yourself
Zelda herself lampshades this in The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, saying that being a distressed damsel is a family tradition.

Source: Franchise / The Legend of Zelda
Corman has both confirmed and denied this legend, saying alternately that Milland went off script and that King just made the whole story up.

Source: Urban Legends

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