4. Legend came from the Latin word
“Legenda” which means “for things to
read.” The term was used to designate the
life story of a saint and was also applied to
portions of scriptures and selections from
lives of saints to be read at divine service
6. 1. The myth is an interpretation
of nature while a legend is the
idealization of history.
7. 2. Myths are stories in which god,
goddesses and other divinities
play a part while legends are
stories of wonder or miracles
not only of gods and goddesses
but about animals and other
things.
8. 3. The legend lies within one or
two localities and has one or two
characters whose names and
sometimes their motives change
with the locality. Myths are
found everywhere in one form or
another.
9. 4. The legend is usually built into
one episode on a single act of the
hero.