What makes a myth and what makes a legend?

Question

What makes a myth and what makes a legend?

Answer 1

A Myth is something that it popular to believe, but not true -  like the one about tossing a penny from the top of the empire state building, some believe if it hits a person walking on the street, it will kill them ... it won't.

A legend is something that is believed but cannot be proved.

Answer 2

myth - a usually traditional story of ostensibly historical events that serves to unfold part of the world view of a people or explain a practice, belief, or natural phenomenon

legend -  a story coming down from the past; especially : one popularly regarded as historical although not verifiable  

Answer 3

legend is truth

e.g.

Guy1:"Kobe Bryant is a living legend!"

Guy2:"ok"

Answer 4

myths are stories that don't have truth in them, legends are stories built around some truth.

Answer 5

I just looked up legend in the dictionary, and one of it's definitions is a myth.

Answer 6

A myth is a story about something that is said to be real and a legend is someone who did something so amazing that he is remembered all ways

Answer 7

a myth is maybe ND NEW

and a legend is old