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Legends & Folklore

A	Abominable Snowman Aladdin Ali Baba Anansi Andersen, Hans Christian Androcles Appleseed, Johnny Arabian Nights Arthur Arthurian Legend Asbjørnsen, Peter Christen Avalon

B	Baba Yaga Banshee Beddgelert Bermuda Triangle Blarney Stone Blicher, Steen Steensen Bluebeard Bogeyman Bran (mythology) Brut Bunyan, Paul Bunyip

C	Cid, El Cinderella Cole, Old King Coriolanus, Gnaeus Marcius Crockett, Davy Cú Chulainn

D	Deirdre Don Juan Dragon

E	El Dorado Eulenspiegel, Till

F	Fairy Tale Faust Finn Mac Cumhail Flying Dutchman

G	Ghost Gilgamesh Epic Glastonbury Tor Godiva, Lady Golem Grail, Holy Green Man Grimm Brothers Guinevere

H	Halcyon Days Hang Tuah Harris, Joel Chandler Hiawatha Horatius Cocles Hurston, Zora Neale

Incubus

J	Jack Frost James, Jesse Woodson Joan, Pope

K	Kraken Kupe

L	Legend (story) Little Flowers of Saint Francis, The Loch Ness Monster Lohengrin

M	Magic Carpet Maori Legends Mary Celeste Maui (legend) Mermaid Münchhausen, Karl Friedrich Hieronymus, Freiherr von

N	Ness, Loch

Odysseus

P	Parsifal Poltergeist Pyramus and Thisbe

Q	Quetzalcoatl

R	Revere, Paul Reynard the Fox Rip Van Winkle Robin Hood Roland

S	Santa Claus Scheherazade Sea Serpent Sindbad the Sailor Spiderwoman Spring-Heeled Jack

T	Talisman Tell, William Thunderbird Tristram and Iseult Troilus and Cressida Trojan Horse Trojan War Troll Turpin, Dick Tutankhamen, Curse of

V	Vampire Verginia

W	Werewolf Whittington, Dick Will-o'-the-Wisp

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