as in mythology
the body of customs, beliefs, stories, and sayings associated with a people, thing, or place
although the historic King Arthur lived in the sixth century, most of the legendry regarding him and the Knights of the Round Table is set in the far more romantic age of medieval chivalry
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Recent Examples of legendry
The fries entered true-crime legendry during the 2016 trial of Cindy Kaye Henderson Reese.
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Lawrence Specker | , al, 15 Mar. 2023
Lawrence Specker | , al, 15 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for legendry
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Cocktails by Carolyn Kao and Kevin Diedrich draw on Chinese culture and mythology, while Advanced Sommelier Justin Chin curates a Champagne-forward wine list.—
Chelsea Davis,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Rojas moves from Colombian history to mythologies, from family stories to her own life.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Sep. 2025
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Kura Kura, which means turtle in Bahasa Indonesian and nods to folklore about how the island sits on a turtle shell, just launched a vodka line in July 2025.—
Visa Infinite Asia Pacific,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Rougarou — the name refers to a werewolf-like creature of Louisiana folklore — has a menu that gives a stylish upgrade to Southern classics and allows John David to build on an impressive career at restaurants in Chattanooga and Denver.—
Miguel Otárola,
Denver Post,
12 Sep. 2025
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Almost every song is a lumbering beast so thoroughly composed of bits and pieces from the very best of the entire British popular music tradition as to make each feel inevitable, and the intensity doesn’t let up much until the final track.—
Jesse Adams,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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The footage shows her mom Liz choosing individuality over tradition at the iconic Italian landmark.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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This lore drop about the legendary warrior-chief is a withering tease for Kōnane, a once-ubiquitous pastime that was carved into stone slabs across the islands, some of which still protrude from the ground.—
Matt Negrin,
Rolling Stone,
20 Sep. 2025
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Brainrots have been given backstories, expansive lore and family members (again, crowdsourced by anonymous internet-users).—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Team Europe cleaned up in this first session, winning both of the singles matches to take a 2-0 point total over Team World (aka, every place that is not Europe) in this eighth annual tournament named in honor of Australian tennis legend Rod Laver.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
20 Sep. 2025
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Most of the books on this list feature witchy humans, but the heroine of this one is a ciguapa, a mystical Dominican legend whose feet turn backward during the full moon.—
Lia Amador,
PEOPLE,
20 Sep. 2025
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“Legendry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legendry. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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