By 1613, English-speaking began to use the word when they wished to imply that an event especially the story of any not acknowledged in 's was fictitious.
Importance of Legends As stories, mankind has and always will love legends—they are an intriguing form of storytelling because we want to believe that they are true.
Dorson Bloomington: Indiana University Press 1972:265—72, noted in Tangherlini 1990:375.