legend A legend is a Folklore genre, genre of folklore that consists of a narrative featuring human actions, believed or perceived, both by teller and listeners, to have taken place in human history. Narratives in this genre may demonstrate human valu ...

is a historical narrative, a symbolic representation of folk belief. Legend(s) or The Legend(s) may also refer to:

Narrative

Urban legend An urban legend (sometimes contemporary legend, modern legend, urban myth, or urban tale) is a genre of folklore comprising stories or fallacious claims circulated as true, especially as having happened to a "friend of a friend" or a family m ...

, a widely repeated story of dubious truth * A fictitious identity used in

espionage Espionage, spying, or intelligence gathering is the act of obtaining secret or confidential information (intelligence) from non-disclosed sources or divulging of the same without the permission of the holder of the information for a tangibl ...

Books, comic books, and theatre

* ''Legend'' (Gemmell novel), a 1984 fantasy novel by David Gemmell * ''Legend'' (comic imprint), a comic book brand name * ''Legend'' (Lu novel), the first novel in ''Legend: The Series'': a trilogy by Marie Lu * ''Legend'' (play), a 1976 Broadway play by Samuel A. Taylor *

Legend Books Random House is an American book publisher and the largest general-interest paperback publisher in the world. The company has several independently managed subsidiaries around the world. It is part of Penguin Random House, which is owned by Germ ...

, an imprint of Random House * ''Legends'' (comics), comic book limited series published by DC Comics * ''Legends'' (book), a 1998 collection of short novels edited by Robert Silverberg ** ''Legends II'' (book), a 2003 second collection * ''

Legends! ''Legends!'' is a comedic play written by James Kirkwood, Jr. It toured the United States with Mary Martin and Carol Channing in 1986, but never had a production on Broadway. The play concerns two aging rival film stars. Kirkwood wrote about the t ...

'', a 1986 stage play by James Kirkwood, Jr. * ''

Dragonlance Legends ''Dragonlance Legends'' is a trilogy of fantasy novels written by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, which take place in the Dragonlance setting. This series is the sequel to the ''Dragonlance Chronicles'', and focus on Raistlin and Caramon. The tr ...

'', trilogy of books central to the Dragonlance series * ''The Legend'', a 1969 novel by

Evelyn Anthony Evelyn Bridget Patricia Ward-Thomas (; 3 July 1926 – 25 September 2018), better known by the pen name Evelyn Anthony, was a British writer. Anthony was born in the Lambeth district of London. She had a very prolific writing career, transla ...

Film

* ''Legend'' (1985 film), a fantasy film starring Tom Cruise, Mia Sara and Tim Curry * ''The Legend'' (2012 film), directed by Christian Lara featuring Barry Primus * ''Legend'' (2014 film), an Indian film starring Nandamuri Balakrishna, Sonal Chauhan and Radhika Apte * ''Legend'' (2015 film), a biographical film of the Kray Twins, starring Tom Hardy and Emily Browning * ''The Legend'' (2022 film), a Tamil-language action film * ''Fong Sai-yuk'' (film) (''The Legend''), and its sequel, ''Fong Sai-yuk II''

Television

* ''Legend'' (TV series), a 1995 science fiction Western television show * "The Legend" (''Prison Break''), a 2008 episode of ''Prison Break'' * "Legend" (''NCIS''), a 2009 two-part episode of ''NCIS'', that served as the backdoor pilot for ''NCIS: Los Angeles'' * ''The Legend'' (TV series), a Korean TV series * ''

Legends of the Hidden Temple ''Legends of the Hidden Temple'' is an American action-adventure TV game show that broadcast from 1993 to 1995 on Nickelodeon. Created by David G. Stanley, Scott A. Stone, and Stephen Brown, the program features a fictitious temple, "filled w ...

'' (often nicknamed "Legends"), an American game show that ran from 1993 to 1995 * "Legends" (''Justice League''), a two-part episode of the animated series ''Justice League'' * ''Legends'' (TV series), a 2014 American crime drama television series, based on the 2005 Robert Littell book * ''

Legends of Tomorrow ''DC's Legends of Tomorrow'', or simply ''Legends of Tomorrow'', is an American Time travel in fiction, time travel superhero fiction, superhero television series developed by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, Andrew Kreisberg, and Phil Klem ...

'', a 2016 series from DC Entertainment and The CW * '' The Legends'' (TV series), a 2019 Chinese romance * '' Marvel Studios: Legends'', a 2021 series from Marvel Studios * '' MasterChef: Legends'', the eleventh season (2021) of FOX's reality culinary show ''MasterChef'' * ''

Legend (television channel) Legend (formerly Horror Channel, and Zone Horror) is a British free-to-air television channel specialising in sci-fi, fantasy, thriller, action and cult series. It is broadcast in the UK and Ireland. The channel is known for its horror movies dur ...

'', a British TV channel which replaced the ''Horror Channel''.

Music

* ''The Legend'' (opera), a 1919 one-act tragic opera by a composer

Albums

* ''Legend'' (Bob Marley and the Wailers album), 1984 * ''

Lennon Legend ''Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon'' is the third official compilation album of John Lennon's solo career, coming after 1975's ''Shaved Fish'' and 1982's ''The John Lennon Collection''. Because neither collection spanned Lennon's re ...

'', a posthumous album of greatest hits of John Lennon * ''Legend'' (Robin of Sherwood soundtrack), by Irish group Clannad * ''Legend'' (Tangerine Dream soundtrack), the soundtrack to the 1985 film * ''Legend'' (Henry Cow album), 1973 * ''Legend'' (Legend Seven album), 1992 * ''Legend'' (Lynyrd Skynyrd album), 1987 * ''Legend'' (Poco album), 1978 * ''Legend'' (Two Steps from Hell album), 2008 * ''Legend'' (film score), a film score by Jerry Goldsmith, for the 1985 film ''Legend'' * ''Legend'' (Witchcraft album), 2012 * ''Legend'' (House of Pain EP), 1994 * ''Legend'' (Abigail Williams EP), 2006 * ''Legend'', the title of three different albums by rockabilly band Legend, fronted by

Mickey Jupp Michael Graham "Mickey" Jupp (born 6 March 1944, in Worthing, Sussex, England) is an English musician and songwriter, mainly associated with the Southend music scene. Career Jupp played in several Southend bands after leaving art college in 196 ...

* ''Legends'' (Above the Law album), a 1998 album * ''Legends'' (Benny Carter album), 1993 * ''Legends'' (Bob Catley album), a 1999 album * ''Legends'' (Beverley Craven album), a 2005 album * ''Legends'' (Five Star album), a 2005 album * ''Legends'' (Dvořák), orchestral composition by Antonín Dvořák * ''The Legend'' (Count Basie album), 1961 * ''The Legend'' (Joe Cocker album), 1992 * ''The Legend'' (Johnny Cash box set), a 2005 album by Johnny Cash

Songs

* "Legend" (Tchaikovsky), composition by Tchaikovsky, 1883 * "Legend" (Drake song), 2015 * "Legend" (Mika Nakashima song), 2004 * "Legend", by Attila from ''

Chaos Chaos or CHAOS may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Fictional elements * Chaos (''Kinnikuman'') * Chaos (''Sailor Moon'') * Chaos (''Sesame Park'') * Chaos (''Warhammer'') * Chaos, in ''Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy'' * Cha ...

'', 2016 * "Legend", by Chronixx from ''

Chronology Chronology (from Latin ''chronologia'', from Ancient Greek , ''chrónos'', "time"; and , '' -logia'') is the science of arranging events in their order of occurrence in time. Consider, for example, the use of a timeline or sequence of events. I ...

'', 2017 * "Legend", by Dance Gavin Dance from ''

Instant Gratification Delayed gratification, or deferred gratification, is the resistance to the temptation of an immediate pleasure in the hope of obtaining a valuable and long-lasting reward in the long-term. In other words, delayed gratification describes the pro ...

'', 2015 * "Legend", by G-Eazy from '' The Beautiful & Damned'', 2017 * "Legend", by House of Pain from ''

Legend A legend is a Folklore genre, genre of folklore that consists of a narrative featuring human actions, believed or perceived, both by teller and listeners, to have taken place in human history. Narratives in this genre may demonstrate human valu ...

'', 1994 * "Legend", by Mike Oldfield from the B-side of "

Pictures in the Dark "Pictures in the Dark" is a song by Mike Oldfield released as a single mainly in Europe in 1985 (see 1985 in music). Singers on this single includes his girlfriend at the time, Anita Hegerland, Barry Palmer and well-known Welsh choirboy Aled Jon ...

", 1985 * "Legend", by Poco from ''

'', 1978 * "Legend", by Snoop Dogg from ''

Coolaid ''Coolaid'' is the fourteenth studio album by American rapper Snoop Dogg. It was released on July 1, 2016, by Doggystyle Records and eOne Music. Recording sessions for the album took place during 2015 to 2016 at the Doggystyle Studios Records, in ...

'', 2016 * "Legend", by Twenty One Pilots from ''

Trench A trench is a type of excavation or in the ground that is generally deeper than it is wide (as opposed to a wider gully, or ditch), and narrow compared with its length (as opposed to a simple hole or pit). In geology, trenches result from eros ...

'', 2018 * "Legend", by Upchurch from ''

King of Dixie King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen, which title is also given to the consort of a king. *In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the tit ...

'', 2017 * "The Legend", by

Jerry Reed Jerry Reed Hubbard (March 20, 1937 – September 1, 2008) was an American singer, guitarist, composer, and songwriter as well as an actor who appeared in more than a dozen films. His signature songs included " Guitar Man", " U.S. Male", "A Thi ...

for ''

Smokey and the Bandit ''Smokey and the Bandit'' is a 1977 American road action comedy film starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Pat McCormick, Paul Williams and Mike Henry. The directorial debut of stuntman Hal Needham, the film follows ...

'', 1977 * "The Legend", by Pallbearer from ''

Sorrow and Extinction ''Sorrow and Extinction'' is the debut full-length Pallbearer album. The CD was released by Profound Lore Records on February 21, 2012 with a double LP version released later in the year by 20 Buck Spin. The album was generally well received an ...

'', 2012 * "The Legend", a 2018 track by Toby Fox from ''

Deltarune Chapter 1 OST The music of ''Deltarune'' comprises multiple soundtrack albums created and scored by Toby Fox. The first soundtrack album was released on Bandcamp on November 1, 2018, a day after the game was launched. In collaboration with Fangamer, Fox release ...

'' from the video game ''Deltarune'' * "Legends" (Juice Wrld song), 2018 * "Legends" (Kelsea Ballerini song), 2017 * "Legends", by The Afters from ''

Live On Forever '' Live on Forever ''is the fifth studio album by American rock band The Afters The Afters is an American Christian pop rock band founded by Joshua Havens and Matt Fuqua. Havens and Fuqua first worked together in a Starbucks coffee shop in M ...

'', 2016 * "Legends", by Sleeping with Sirens from ''

Gossip Gossip is idle talk or rumour, especially about the personal or private affairs of others; the act is also known as dishing or tattling. Gossip is a topic of research in evolutionary psychology, which has found gossip to be an important means ...

'', 2017

Bands and labels

* Legend, original name of Christian rock band

Legend Seven Legend Seven was a Christian hard rock band formed in the early 1990s (formerly with the name ''Legend'') by three former members of Ruscha, another Christian band from the 1980s. The band made its debut in 1990 under the name "Archon" on a com ...

* Legend, a rockabilly band fronted by

* LEGEND (Icelandic band), Icelandic rock band *

The Legend (band) The Legend (; also known as Legend) was a South Korean boy band formed by SS Entertainment (formerly JK Space Entertainment) in Seoul, South Korea. The group consisted of five members: Listen, Roi, Jaehyuk, Lito and Changsun. They debuted on Jul ...

, South Korean band * The Legend!, a band based around

Everett True Everett True (born Jeremy Andrew Thackray on 21 April 1961) is an English music journalist and musician. He became interested in rock music after hearing The Residents, and formed a band with school friends. He has written and recorded as The ...

which has also included Alan McGee * The Legends, a band of

Sam McCue Crowfoot was an American rock band, initially known as ''The Beau Gentry''. The original line-up featured Russell DaShiell, Doug Killmer and Rick Jaeger. History Crowfoot was an American band initially featuring Russell DaShiell on guitar an ...

before forming Crowfoot * The Legends, one of several early bands of

Gram Parsons Ingram Cecil Connor III (November 5, 1946 – September 19, 1973) who was known professionally as Gram Parsons, was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and pianist who recorded as a solo artist and with the International Submarine Band, ...

* The Legends, first band of

Dan Hartman Daniel Earl Hartman (December 8, 1950 – March 22, 1994) was an American rock musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter. Among songs he wrote and recorded were " Free Ride" as a member of the Edgar Winter Group, and the solo hits ...

The Legends (Swedish band) The Legends are a Swedish pop band whose music is distributed by Lakeshore Records in the US, by Labrador in Sweden, and by Little Teddy in Germany. The band was formed in January 2003, and a week later, a gig was booked, supporting The Radio ...

The Legends (Tejano band) The Legends are a Tejano "supergroup" of senior Tejano musicians. Members are Carlos Guzmán, Freddie Martínez Sr., Sunny Ozuna, and Augustín Ramírez. The group's first album ¿Qué Es Música Tejana? (2000) won a Latin Grammy Award as Best Tej ...

* Legends Drum and Bugle Corps, an Open Class Corps based in Portage, Michigan

Games

* Legend (''Magic: The Gathering''), cards used in the game ''Magic: The Gathering'' * Legends (''Magic: The Gathering''), expansion to the ''Magic: The Gathering'' collectible card game *

Legends (PBM) ''Legends'' (or ''Legends PBM'') is a turn-based, role-playing game with a medieval setting. It is currently published in English by Harlequin Games. Jim Landes—owner of Midnight Games, the game's first publisher—began developing the game in ...

, play-by-mail game moderated by Harlequin Games

Video games

* ''Legend'' (1992 video game), for the PC, Atari ST and Commodore Amiga * ''Legend'' (1994 video game), for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System * ''

Burnout Legends ''Burnout Legends'' is a racing video game developed by Criterion Games and published by Electronic Arts for PlayStation Portable. The game features many of the tracks and gameplay modes from the first three ''Burnout'' but repackaged for the ha ...

'', a 2005 ''Burnout'' video game * '' Tomb Raider: Legend'', a 2006 video game * ''

Rayman Legends ''Rayman Legends'' is a platform video game developed by Ubisoft Montpellier and published by Ubisoft. It is the fifth main title in the ''Rayman'' series and the direct sequel to the 2011 game ''Rayman Origins''. The game was released for Micr ...

'', a 2013 platform game * '' Asphalt 9: Legends'', a 2018 ''Asphalt'' video game

Transport

Aircraft

Aeropilot Legend 540 The Aeropilot Legend 540 is a Czech ultralight aircraft, designed and produced by Aeropilot, introduced at the Aero show held in Friedrichshafen in 2011. The aircraft is supplied complete and ready-to-fly-aircraft.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemei ...

, a Czech ultralight aircraft *

Turbine Legend The Performance Turbine Legend is an American sports monoplane designed by Performance Aircraft for sale as a kit for amateur construction.Vandermeullen, Richard: ''2012 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide'', Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2 ...

, a US kit monoplane

Cars

Honda Legend :''Sections of this article are translated from Japanese Wikipedia''. The Honda Legend is a series of V6-engined executive cars/mid-size luxury sedans produced by Honda since 1985 which currently serves as its flagship vehicle. It is larger tha ...

, a Honda car model now marketed as Acura RL *

Acura Legend The Acura Legend is a mid-size luxury/executive car manufactured by Honda from Japan. It was sold in the U.S. and Canada under Honda's luxury brand, Acura, from 1985 until 1995 as both a sedan, which was classified as a full-size car, and a coupe ...

, another car marketed as Honda Legend outside North America *

Mahindra Legend The Mahindra Legend is a limited edition four-wheel-drive vehicle based on the Mahindra MM series jeeps built for the Indian Military. Only 60 examples will be built and owners will be chosen through invitation. The Legend is manufactured to c ...

, a four-wheel-drive vehicle *

Legends car racing Legends car racing is a style of auto racing designed primarily to promote exciting racing and to keep costs down. The race car bodyshells are 5/8-scale replicas of American automobiles from the 1930s and 1940s, powered by Yamaha XJ1250, FJ1200 ( ...

, a motor racing series base on 1930s and 1940s American automobiles

Motorcycles

Triumph Legend TT The Triumph Legend TT is a British motorcycle that was made by Triumph Motorcycles Ltd from 1998 to 2001. Based on the three cylinder liquid cooled Triumph Thunderbird 900, the priority for the new Legend TT was affordability, so the designers ...

, a 4 stroke-engined motorcycle from Triumph

Boats

* Legend, brand name used in Europe by American boat manufacturer

Hunter Marine Hunter Marine is an American boat builder, now known as Marlow-Hunter, LLC, owned by David E. Marlow. The company also produces the Mainship powerboat brand. Marlow also owns and manufactures the Marlow Yachts brand consisting of long rang ...

* ''

Carnival Legend ''Carnival Legend'' is a operated by Carnival Cruise Line. Built by Kværner Masa-Yards at its Helsinki New Shipyard in Helsinki, Finland, she was floated out on December 17, 2001, and christened by English actress and author Dame Judi Denc ...

'', a 2001 Spirit class cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Line * Legend Boats, a brand name Canadian manufacturer of fishing and pontoon boats

People

Bill Legend Bill Legend (born William Arthur Fifield, 8 May 1944, Barking, London, Barking, Essex, England) is an English musician and former drummer for glam rock band T. Rex (band), T. Rex during their most successful period. Biography One of three chil ...

(born 1944), English musician, drummer for T. Rex *

John Legend John Roger Stephens (born December 28, 1978), known professionally as John Legend, is an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and record producer. He began his musical career by working behind the scenes, playing piano on Lauryn Hill's " Ever ...

(born 1978), singer, songwriter, musician and actor *

Johnny Legend Johnny Legend is an American rockabilly musician, film producer, actor and wrestling manager.von Busack, Richard (June 20, 2012"He's a Legend,"''East Bay Express''. Oakland/Berkeley. Retrieved on March 7, 2018.Whiteside, Johnny (August 28, 2003 ...

(born 1948), rockabilly musician, film producer, actor and wrestling manager *

The Legend! Everett True (born Jeremy Andrew Thackray on 21 April 1961) is an English music journalist and musician. He became interested in rock music after hearing The Residents, and formed a band with school friends. He has written and recorded as The ...

(born 1961), name used by the musician and music journalist Everett True *

Tobi Legend ToBI (; an abbreviation of tones and break indices) is a set of conventions for transcribing and annotating the prosody of speech. The term "ToBI" is sometimes used to refer to the conventions used for describing American English specifically, whic ...

(born 1942), soul and gospel singer

Other uses

Legend, Alberta Legend is an unincorporated community in Alberta, Canada within the County of Forty Mile No. 8. It is located along Highway 61 between Range Road 125 and Range Road 130, in southeast Alberta. It is one of many ghost towns along the historic Red C ...

, an unincorporated community in Alberta, Canada *

Legend (map) Map layout, also called map composition or (cartographic) page layout, is the part of cartographic design that involves assembling various map elements on a page. This may include the map image itself, along with titles, legends, scale indicators ...

, a guide to a map's symbology * Legend (chart), a guide to colours and symbols used in a data chart, graph, plot or diagram *

Legend (numismatics) This glossary of numismatics is a list of definitions of terms and concepts relevant to numismatics and coin collecting, as well as sub-fields and related disciplines, with concise explanations for the beginner or professional. Numismatics (an ...

, a formal inscription such as is found around the margin of a coin or seal * , an

HTML element An HTML element is a type of HTML (HyperText Markup Language) document component, one of several types of HTML nodes (there are also text nodes, comment nodes and others). The first used version of HTML was written by Tim Berners-Lee in 1993 ...

used to create a frame around other elements *

Legend Entertainment Legend Entertainment Company was an American Video game developer, developer and Video game publisher, publisher of computer games, best known for creating Adventure game, adventure titles throughout the 1990s. The company was founded by Bob ...

, a former American computer game developer * Legend Group Ltd., the former name of the

Lenovo Group Lenovo Group Limited, often shortened to Lenovo ( , ), is a Chinese multinational technology company specializing in designing, manufacturing, and marketing consumer electronics, personal computers, software, business solutions, and related ser ...

, a Chinese technology company * LEGEND, a brand of fur of the

American Legend Cooperative The American Legend Cooperative (ALC) was an agricultural marketing cooperative of mink fur farmers in the United States and Canada, best known for its Blackglama, American Legend brands of fur, as well as the older LEGEND brand. American Legen ...

HTC Legend The HTC Legend is a phone manufactured by HTC Corporation in Taiwan for the Android platform. It was unveiled by HTC during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on 16 February 2010 and went on sale on 10 March 2010. The Legend is the success ...

, a smartphone by the HTC Corporation *

Legends Hospitality Legends is a food, beverage, merchandise, retail, and stadium operations corporation serving entertainment venues and companies. Formed in 2008, Legends is a joint venture of Yankee Global Enterprises and Jerry Jones of the Dallas Cowboys. On Oct ...

, a food, beverage, merchandise retail and stadium operations corporation owned by

Jerry Jones Jerral Wayne Jones (born October 13, 1942) is an American businessman who has been the owner, president, and general manager of the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL) since February 1989. Early life Jones was born in Los Ange ...

and

Yankee Global Enterprises Yankee Global Enterprises, LLC, formerly YankeeNets, LLC, is an American limited liability company (LLC) which owns the New York Yankees baseball team, along with a plurality stake in YES Network and a 20% and 10% stake in New York City FC and AC ...

The Legend (roller coaster) The Legend is a wooden roller coaster at Holiday World & Splashin' Safari in Santa Claus, Indiana, United States. It was designed and built beginning in 1999 by Custom Coasters International, with the help of designers Dennis McNulty and Larry ...

, a roller coaster at Holiday World in Santa Claus, Indiana *

Legends Outlets Kansas City Legends Outlets Kansas City, formerly The Legends at Village West, is a super-regional shopping mall located in the Village West development in Kansas City, Kansas. The mall has a gross leasable area of . The shopping center is surrounded by ...

, a super-regional shopping mall * ''

Star Wars Legends ''Star Wars'' has been expanded to media other than the original films. This spin-off material is licensed and moderated by Lucasfilm, though during his involvement with the franchise ''Star Wars'' creator George Lucas reserved the right to bot ...

'', an alternate, decanonized continuity in the ''Star Wars'' franchise