Myth & Legends Pathfinder
What is a legend?
Lord of the Rings is considered mythology and Beowulf is a Legend among
the Anglo Saxons. Can anyone explain the difference between myth and
legend?
Let’s go to:
http://go.grolier.com/
 Next type in the word legend
 Take a few minutes to read the definition of a legend
What constitutes a story into a legend?
Beloved Legends
Tristan & Isolde
King Arthur
The Legendary love story of Tristan & Isolde has its roots
in the Arthurian legends
Tristan & Isolde
http://www.mythencyclopedia.com/Tr-Wa/Tristan-and-Isolde.html
http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/history/stories/synopsis.aspx?id=86
King Arthur
http://www.pbs.org/mythsandheroes/myths_four_arthur.html
http://www.britainexpress.com/History/King_Arthur.htm
King Arthur & The Holy Grail
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/hg_gallery_04.shtml
Beowulf & Robin Hood
http://bestoflegends.org/
Famous Legends
Stonehenge
Loch Ness Monster
Sleepy Hollow
Stonehenge
http://www.sacred-destinations.com/england/stonehenge
http://www.stonehenge.co.uk/
The Loch Ness Monster
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lochness/legend.html
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AheadoftheCurve/loch-ness-monster-googleearth/story?id=8428400
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
http://sleepyhollowcemetery.org/
http://www.schooltales.net/sleepyhollow/
The Bermuda Triangle
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/12/1205_021205_bermudatriangle.html
http://www.gma.org/tidings/myths/bermuda.html
http://www.yourdiscovery.com/conspiracies/places/bermuda_triangle/index.shtml
The Lost City of Atlantis
http://www.greek-islands.us/santorini/atlantis-the-lost-city/
Examples of Tribal Legends
Inuit
Maori
Fast Runner is based on an Inuit Legend
http://www.isuma.tv/hi/en/atanarjuat
Whale Rider based is based on a Maori Legend
http://www.piccom.org/home/whalerider/thefilm2.html
Legends about the Strange & Unusual
Werewolves
Vampires
Crop Circles
Werewolves
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/northeast/guides/weird/mythsandlegends/pages/werewolf.shtml
Vampires
http://www.draculas.info/vampires/romania/
Crop Circles
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/Crop-Circles-The-Art-of-the-Hoax.html
Urban Legends
http://www.americanfolklore.net/urban-legends.html
Nostradamus
http://www.nostradamus101.com/
The Murder of Tutankhamen
http://www.fieldmuseum.org/tut/story.asp
Examples of Men who have become Legends:
Billy the Kid
Che
Blackbeard the Pirate
Che Guevara
http://205.188.238.181/time/time100/heroes/profile/guevara01.html
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2009/02/the-many-faces-of-che.html
Blackbeard the Pirate
http://www.ncmaritime.org/Blackbeard/default.htm
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/03/0307_060307_blackbeard.html
Billy the Kid
http://www.newmexico.org/billythekid/index.php
Rasputin
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A2622403
Find an American Legend here!
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/
John Henry
Johnny Appleseed
Johnny Appleseed
http://www.nationalapplemuseum.com/johnny.html
Davy Crockett
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/alamo/peopleevents/p_crockett.html
John Henry
http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/patc/johnhenry/
http://www.ibiblio.org/john_henry/
The Salem Witch Trials
http://www.salemwitchtrials.org/home.html
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/salem/
Abraham Lincoln
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/abrahamlincoln
Harriet Tubman
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1535.html
http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/tubm-har.htm
Legends in Pop Culture
The Kennedy Family
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/kennedys/
http://www.jfklibrary.org/Historical+Resources/Biographies+and+Profiles/
Similarities between Kennedy & Lincoln
http://www.trinity.edu/jdunn/LincolnKennedy.htm
The Kennedy Curse
http://modern-us-history.suite101.com/article.cfm/quotthe_kennedy_cursequot
Marilyn Monroe
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/marilyn-monroe/still-life/61/
Al Capone
http://www.chicagohs.org/history/capone.html
Babe Ruth & the Legendary Curse of the Bambino
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/news/2000/03/22/the_curse_timeline/
http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/6323070/ns/sports-baseball/
An example of a Legendary Figure in Religion
Siddhartha Gautama
http://www.pbs.org/thebuddha/birth-and-youth/
http://pilgrimage.asiasociety.org/
http://www.buddhanet.net/
Chasing Lincoln’s Killer by James L. Swanson B BOOTH
Lincoln A photobiography by Russell Freeman B LINCOLN
Abraham Lincoln the Writer B LINCOLN
The Story of King Arthur 398.2 COL
Beowulf 398.2 REB
Encyclopedia of Urban Legends 398.2 BRU
The Encyclopedia of Celtic Myth & Legend 398.2 ENC
The Deepening Complexity of Crop Circles 001.94 HAS
Mysterious Crop Circles 001.94 BUR
Alien Agenda 001.942 MAR
The Vanishing Hitchiker 398.2 BRU
The Ghost of Mingo Creek 398.2 ROD
The Tain 398.22 TAI
The Adventures of Robin Hood 398.22 GRE
Urban Legends 398.2 MOT
Outlaw Tales 398.2 OUT
The Monster’s handbook 398.469
Tales of Ticasuk 398.22 TIC
King Arthur 398.2 BAR
Subrurban Legends 398.2 STA
The Kennedy Curse 929 KLE
Myths, Legends & Folktales of America 398.097 LEE
Legends and Tales of the American West 398.2 LEG
Mythbusters 507 ZIM
The Mammoth Book of Dracula FIC MAMOTH
The Mammoth Book of Dracula FIC MAMMOTH
Dracula by Bram Stoker FIC STOKER
Good Brother/Bad Brother B BOOTH
Beowulf BEO PL
Beowulf 829 BEO
Two Tales: Rip Van Winkle & The Legend of Sleepy Hollow FIC IRVING
Haunted Baseball 796.357 BRA
The Loch Ness Monster Terri Sievert SIE 001.944
The Bermuda Triangle Aaron Rudolph 001.94 RUD
Atlantis Mchael Martin 001.94 MAR
Vlad the Impalier: the Real Count Dracula B VLAD
Grigory Rasputin B Rasputin
The Motorcycle Diaries 918.04
Vampires, Burial and Death Folklore and Reality by Paul Barber 398.45 BAR
The Lore of the Unicorn by Odell Shepard 398.24 S
Knights by Julek Heller & Deirde Headon 398.2 HEL
Man and Beast in American Comic Legend by Richard M Dorson 398.0973 D
Murder of Tutankhamen by Bob Brier B TUTANKHAMEN
Myths Legends & Folktales of America by David Leeming and Jake Page 398.097
LEE
A Natural History Dragons and Unicorns by Paul and Karin Johnsgard 398.24 J
A Treasury of American Folklore Edited by B.A. Botkin 398.0973 B
Encyclopedia of the Undead Dr. Bob Curran 398 CUR
Sundays with Vlad by Paul Bibeau 398 BIB
The Exploding Toilet Modern urban Legends 398.2 HOL
American Folklore and Legend 398.0973 R
Boone by Roberrt Morgan B BOONE
Hsrriet Tubman by Catherne Clinton B TUBMAN
Cry “With” The Salemcraft Trials 133.4 CRY
With-hunt by Marc Aronson 133.4 ARO
The Salem With Trials 133.4 NAR
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse FIC HESSE
Other Recommended Reads - Books associated with Legendary tales
The Medieval Hero on Screen from Beowulf to Buffy 791.43
Big Fish by Daniel Wallace FIC WALLACE
Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera FIC IHIMAERA
The Vampire Survival Guide by Scott Bowen
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle FIC BEAGLE
Suggested Films
The Adventures of Robinhood (1938)
Robinhood (2010)
Triston & Isolde
Dracula
Nosferatu
Beowulf
Excalibur
Fast Runner
Sleepy Hollow
The Crucible
The Motorcycle Diaries
Whale Rider
Big Fish
Legends still live today!
http://www.zeldaclassic.com/
http://www.robinhoodthemovie.com/
http://www.legendoftheseeker.org/