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| Arthur |
in legend, esp. as codified by Thomas Malory in the sixteenth-century Morte d'Arthur, the King of Britain and the leader of the Knights of the Round Table. |
| caption |
a heading, title, or legend for printed matter such as a magazine article, newspaper photo, or graph. [2/4 definitions] |
| cutline |
a descriptive legend, such as one beneath a photograph, diagram, or the like; caption. |
| Damocles |
in Greek legend, a man who was placed under a sword that hung by a single hair, to learn of the perilous nature of a ruler's life. |
| Danaides |
in Greek legend, the daughters of Danaus, king of Argos, who murdered their husbands and were condemned in Hades to draw water forever with a perforated vessel. |
| Don Juan |
in Spanish legend and literature, a nobleman famous for his seduction of women. [1/2 definitions] |
| Excalibur |
in Arthurian legend, King Arthur's magical sword. |
| fable |
a fictitious story based on legend or myth. [1/4 definitions] |
| Galahad |
in Arthurian legend, the noblest of knights, who gained the Holy Grail. [1/2 definitions] |
| ghoul |
an evil demon, esp. one of Islamic legend that eats people and corpses. [1/3 definitions] |
| Godiva |
an eleventh-century English noblewoman who, according to legend, rode naked through the streets of Coventry to win relief for the people from a burdensome tax; Lady Godiva. |
| Gordian knot |
in Greek legend, a knot tied by King Gordius of Phrygia and cut by Alexander the Great, after an oracle had said it could be untied only by the next ruler of Asia. [1/2 definitions] |
| Grail |
in medieval legend, the cup used by Jesus Christ at the Last Supper, traditionally a symbol of Christian purity and the object of spiritual quests; Holy Grail. [1/2 definitions] |
| Guinevere |
in Arthurian legend, the wife of King Arthur and secret lover of Lancelot. |
| Haggadah |
(often l.c.) an anecdote, parable, proverb, legend, or the like that serves to interpret scripture or illustrate a point of Talmudic law. [1/2 definitions] |
| Helen of Troy |
in Greek legend and The Iliad, the beautiful woman of Sparta whose abduction started the Trojan War. |
| historical |
based on or relating to the records of history, as opposed to the stories of legend or myth. [1/3 definitions] |
| kelpie1 |
in Scottish legend, a water spirit often shaped like a horse, reputed to drown people. |
| Lancelot |
in Arthurian legend, the greatest of the Knights of the Round Table and the lover of Guinevere. |
| legendary |
of, based on, or like a legend. |
| Lohengrin |
in Germanic legend, a knight of the Holy Grail. |
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