answer:legend myth Legends usually have some sort of historical basis, even if they have strayed far from fact. They frequently concern people or places or cultures that are real, even if the stories themselves are distorted by imagination. Myths are typically stories that have been believed in ancient times, such as stories about gods and goddesses and superheroes, but are no longer thought to be true. They often have to do with explaining some natural phenomenon or teaching a moral lesson. Some things may be told of in myth and in legend; there’s an overlap. But if you have a tale of a folk hero whose gang used to pursue justice for the oppressed peasants, you have a legend; if you have a story of how a river was born or a constellation came to be in the sky, you have a myth.