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The first legendaries were manuscripts written in the Middle Ages, including collections such as the South English legendaries or the Golden Legend. Bollandist Hippolyte Delehaye describes a legend (as compared to a fable, myth, or tale) thus: "The legend, on the other hand, has, of necessity, some historical or topographical connection. It ...
The Legend of Aphroditian is a part of New Testament apocrypha, stories of New Testament figures that did not become canonized. The oldest extant manuscripts are written in the Koine Greek language, and pre-modern translations into other languages such as Slavonic exist.
The Court of Kayumars Attributed to Aqa Mirak, Faridun disguised as a dragon tests his sons. The Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp (Persian: شاهنامه شاهطهماسب) or Houghton Shahnameh is one of the most famous illustrated manuscripts of the Shahnameh, the national epic of Greater Iran, and a high point in the art of the Persian miniature.
Unrelated to the legend of the Lady of the Lake, other purported sites of Merlin's burial include a cave deep inside Merlin's Hill (Welsh: Bryn Myrddin), outside Carmarthen. Carmarthen is also associated with Merlin more generally, including through the 13th-century manuscript known as the Black Book and the local lore of Merlin's Oak.
Another Black Knight is an antagonist figure Blanchefleur: Perceval, the Story of the Grail, c. 1181 Percival's wife, niece to Gornemant: Bors the Elder (French: Bohort) Lancelot-Grail, early 13th century; The Once and Future King: Brother to King Ban, and an ally of Arthur's Bors the Younger† Son of Bors the Elder, father of Elyan the White ...
Masonic myths occupy a central place in Freemasonry.Derived from founding texts or various biblical legends, they are present in all Masonic rites and ranks. Using conceptual parables, they can serve Freemasons as sources of knowledge and reflection, where history often vies with fiction.
An early extant manuscript containing the legend is the Flores Historiarum by Roger of Wendover, where it appears in the part for the year 1228, under the title Of the Jew Joseph who is still alive awaiting the last coming of Christ. [3] [4] [5] The central figure is named Cartaphilus before being baptized later by Ananias as Joseph. [6]
Malaysian folklore takes a heavy influence from Indian tradition, with a number of figures, legends, and creatures being adapted from the pre-Islamic traditions of the Malay Archipelago. This Indian influence means that Malaysian folklore generally differs between regions in the country, folklores from west Malaysia have more influence of ...