CHARACTERISRICS OF LEGENDS

• Legends revolve around historical figures/heroes and events.
• In Legends actual time and date of events and developments narrated may not be specified but rather indicated by phrases e.g. long time ago, once upon a time e.t.c.
• In Legends, language, tense and mode of presentation create a feeling that the events are divorced from the present age yet not too far removed.
• Legend, due to repeated transmission from generation to generation, acquire an element of fantasy