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legend
noun
1. a traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but **unauthenticated.**
Comment by prozacandcoffee at 23/07/2014 at 18:59 UTC
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legend
In its earliest English-language usage, the word indicated a narrative of an event. Many legends operate within the realm of uncertainty, never being entirely believed by the participants, but also never being resolutely doubted.