What Legends Do You Know?

There was a boy who while growing didn't believe that the legend of the raven being a shape shifter was true. All of the people in the village that he lived in, knew that this legend was true, and kept telling him that it was, but, he refused to the point of setting out to prove that it wasn't.
In his time away from the village, he climbed mountains, and traveled to the sea, looking high and low for the raven that all said was the shape shifter. Getting tired, he laid down to rest and sleep so that he would be strong enough the next day to move faster.
When he woke up in the morning, he thought he felt great and very strong with a good nights rest. He thought he would surely make travel faster than the raven that day feeling so strong. He began his search, and in this day, he surely did travel faster than on any other day looking for the raven.
But, he still didn't find the raven, and decided that he was going to go back to the village to tell them that he had failed in finding the raven.
But, to his surprise, when he reached the village, all the people there, greeted him with smiles and cheers, happy that he had found the raven. With a sense of feeling odd, he told the people that he failed, and asked why they were cheering.
They simply told him that he should look at his reflection in the water to see why they cheered him, and looking into the water, seeing his reflection, saw the raven.

Once upon a time there was a woman who did not spend enough time on her homework. She failed all her classes and ended up working at a crappy job and was unhappy the rest of her life. The moral of the story is to not leave your work until the last minute so you don't end up with a crappy life. So therefore, I will now get back to my homework...

I am legendary, you know.

I'll only tell you one right now.  That is if you kiss the Blarney Stone, you will be blessed with the gift of gab!  I think it worked.  Have a happy Easter!

I know Eric Clapton, Joan Baez, Robbie Robertson ( of The Band), Ginger Baker, Richie Havens, Mo Petersen ( the drummer), Janis Ian, and a few other musicians from New York City's East Village music scene back in "The Day". Now, do they remember me is a different question altogether!! And you can throw in Joe Namath, too. I know he won't remember me because we got so bombed together in a Long Island bar that he probably didn't know who HE was the next morning! LOL.

This is an Old Legend from North Carolina, Dansville, I believe.....This old man that owned a Plantation was gone too long out in the the Forest....He must have gotten lost, because he hadn't returned for quite a while....So his wife sent out their trusty slave to go looking for him. It was night time, so he carried a lantern. He went into the forest searching and searching, looking for his Master
waving his lantern back and forth, searching..........To this day, there are reports of people who see the light from that old slave's lantern, waving back and forth through that Forest----still searching for his master.....There's an old Blue Grass song on that story, too. My husband is from North Carolina, and knows of people who have seen this!

I know a legend . It is always in the same place and is very helpful when searching for a country or city. It sits at the bottom left side of my atlas, and it tells me how many miles equal 1 inch!

Hhmmm...I don't really know any personally but to name a few......  Picaso, Moses, Julio Iglesias, Geronimo, Julies Caesar, Jesse James, Martin Luther King Jr., Ghandi, Bonnie & Clyde, Gladys Knight and the Pips......

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow  :}

Legend of Sleepy Hollow is the only one I've heard of.

I'll only tell you one right now. That is if you kiss the Blarney Stone, you will be blessed with the gift of gab. I think it worked. The same answer above that says is from a guest, is really from me. I forgot to sign in!  Have a Happy Easter.  LOL

I have met two legends of music, Van Morrison and Australian guitar genius Tommy Emmanuel.
Van is a legend in his own time or is that hi own mind? Though he has done well for a back street Belfast boy.
Tommy is the greatest guitar player/writer on the planet ever, bar none. A new level of excellence never heard before.
I was a close friend of George Best's Father. Pele said George was the best soccer footballer ever seen on a pitch. Another back street boy from Belfast. As was Alex Higgins 2 time world champion snooker player.
I knew Motorcycle road racer Joey Dunlop. 26 times TT Winner in Isle of Man. And 5 times world superbike champion. A country boy of Co. Antrim.

I know you probably mean legends of folklore which all sound like untrue stories of the past. But many times these stories have been proved true though exaggerated over many hundreds of years sometimes.
I am sure there is a Big Foot/Sasquatch species of apeman still to be discovered in the wilds of the norther hemispere in various locations around the world. Maybe they are a bit too smart for us. Knowing our murderous ways as a species.

The Legend of Blair Witch!

I've been to Ireland last year and was at the Blarney Castle as well.  I didn't want to kiss the stupid stone because you have to hang upside down over the wall with one guy holding you by your feet to keep you from falling and with people looking as small as ants at the bottom of the Castle (you see I have a fear of heights) so after a lot of nagging from everyone I did it.  Naghamadi, just some new information for you.  They haven't stopped the practice but they did secure the place a bit.  They've put some security bars just at the bottom of stone so at least if you fall you will only fall about a meter and then you will land on the bars.  It's suppose to give you the gift of the gab, haha what a laugh or maybe I had the gift all along and just never realized it, haha

Ahhh, the legend of the Blarney Stone! Yes! Legend has it that the king of the Blarney Castle had but only one son and he was born a cripple and had a speech impediment. The king was upset that no fair maiden would want to be married to a crippled prince who could not speak clearly, so the king went to the local witch and asked what could be done. The witch told the king to have his son climb the many winding steps up the tower of the castle until he reached the embattlements. Once there, he would have to lay down backwards and lean over upside down to kiss the stone. For a crippled boy to climb over 150 steps by himself, to then bend over backwards with a crooked spine and kiss the Blarney Stone there would certainly be a great reward.

I don't believe in superstitious crap *cough* sorry, I mean..."nonsense." That's a more PC term.

This answer is for tiggersmom.  Somehow blurtit signed me in as a guest. The legend is , if you kiss the Blarney Stone, you will be blessed with the gift of gab!  I think it worked!.  Have a Happy Easter.

Sorry the ones that I know are already posted up there :D

Well, if you mean musical legends:  I know Doug Ingle from Iron Butterfly, Jackson Browne, Ingle 'Mo (soon to be a legend), Anthony Hopkins.  If you mean Legends, like "Legends", the one that is my favorite is the legend of the Marfa Lights in Marfa, Texas.  This is deep in southwest Tx., near Big Bend National Park.  After dark, if you're lucky, and they decide to show themselves,these lights, very faraway, will start shining.They move up and down, side to side, straight toward you (close enough to light up your face}, and sometimes straight up into the air, and split off into two or three now different colored lights.  They have been investigated for years, and not explained.  There is even a monument set up at the site best to view them.  Long ago, a cowboy saw them, and thought they were apache campfires; apaches think they are the souls of departed leaving the earth.  Anyway, the night my friend and I were there, we were lucky enough to see them, but we had to move away from the loud naysayers standing on the concrete "viewing pad", who didn't have the patience to sit quietly and wait.  Luckily they left, disappointed, and we were able to see them.  I still get goosebumps on my arms when I think of them.  Google "Marfa Lights"; you'll be delighted.

I know of one legend that isn't really a legend, but is treated as one.  The Marfa Lights, in Marfa Tx., near Big Bend, are lights that have been reported since the 1800s, and were said to be first seen by a lone cowboy late one night sitting by his campfire.  The sky was pitch black; he was in an area called the Mitchell Flats, and he saw, in the not too far distance, these lights that were multi-colored, and the size of basketballs.  In fact, they bounced like basketballs, moved left to tight, up and down, and sometimes shot close enough to him to light up his face.  The lights would at one time be single, and the next instant, would have split into three lights, all different colors, and moving in different directions. The lights were at first thought by the cowboy to be Apache campfires, and by the Apaches to be the departed souls of the dead leaving the earth.  They have been investigated for years, and never explained.  But they are acknowledged.  There is a monument to them built on Hwy 97 ( I think...I wasn't driving), and people stop to see if they will be "lucky" just about every night.  My friend and I were taking a road trip through Texas, Louisiana, Florida, and back to Texas, and decided to stop and watch for awhile.  The visitors already there were annoying, talking very loudly ( this place is in the middle of nowhere, and sounds carry) about what a bunch of hooey the whole story was, and they finally left, disappointed.  My friend and I were then left alone, and before long, sue enough, we got a show.  I'm getting goosebumps right now, writing this.  The lights were amazing, beautiful, mysterious, and everywhere.  We couldn't walk out toward them, because the flats were full of snakes and nasty botany, so we stayed where we were and just watched.  It was the highlight of our trip.  Google "Marfa Lights"; you'll be delighted.