Legend Literature
Definition of "legend": A story based on either real or supposedly real individuals and their marvelous deeds. 
Elements of Legend Literature:
1. Characters that are "larger than life" (Examples: King Arthur, Lancelot, Robin Hood, Brom Bones)
2. Plot is a mixture of realism and fantasy.
3. Supposedly a true story about someone who lived long ago (we usually disbelieve them today, but in ancient and prior times, these stories were considered factual).
4. Usually handed down from one generation to the next orally (aloud), and then written down much later.
Legend literature list:
- King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
- Aladdin and the Magic Lamp
- The Snow Maiden
- Robin Hood
- The Three Musketeers
- McBroom Tells the Truth by Sid Fleischman (told as if it were a legend)
Links to online Legend information and literature:
- Legends: a site by Paula Kate Marmor that promises "Guided access to primary source material and up-to-date scholarship; Personal essays and extended reviews; Historical surveys and thoughtful commentary;Romance, adventure, and panache"
- YouTube of Disney's Legend of Sleepy Hollow from 1949
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