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    "family": "Thing Registry",
    "domain": [
      "INF.MED"
    ],
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    "purpose": "Let an agent explain what a legend is as a folklore genre, distinguish it from myth, folktale and history, identify kinds from saints legends to urban legends and internet horror, relay folklore scholarship with attribution, and separate the genre from the other senses of the word such as a map key.",
    "definition": "A traditional story told as if historical, about a person, place or event, that circulates within a community and is believed by some or presented as plausible, distinct from myth, which concerns gods and origins, and from folktale, which is understood as fiction; legends include saints and heroes, local and urban legends, and modern internet forms such as creepypasta.",
    "what_it_is_for": "Transmitting stories that a community treats as possibly true.",
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      "distinguish legend from myth, folktale and history",
      "relay folklore scholarship with attribution",
      "separate the genre from other senses of legend"
    ],
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      "Told as true or plausible",
      "Human protagonists in historical time",
      "Circulates with variants",
      "Includes modern and online forms"
    ],
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      "Traditional narrative told as possibly true",
      "Set in historical time about people and places",
      "A map legend, a legendary person and a myth are other senses or genres"
    ],
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    "families_and_kinds": [
      "legends of saints and heroes",
      "local and place legends",
      "origin legends of communities",
      "urban and contemporary legends",
      "internet legends such as creepypasta",
      "legend cycles such as the Beati Paoli"
    ],
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      {
        "relation": "is a kind of",
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        "why": "a folklore genre"
      },
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        "relation": "is contrasted with",
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      },
      {
        "relation": "is contrasted with",
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      }
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      {
        "scheme": "migratory legend types",
        "value_or_pattern": "Christiansen index",
        "note": "classification of legend types"
      }
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      "No regulation; folklore archives and classifications document legends"
    ],
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      "Treating legends as verified history",
      "Confusing the genre with other senses of the word",
      "Spreading harmful urban legends as fact"
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    "out_of_scope": [],
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        "Present legends as verified history.",
        "Spread modern legends that defame real people or groups.",
        "Retell sacred or restricted stories of a community without its consent.",
        "Confuse the genre with other senses of the word, such as a map key."
      ],
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        "Publishing stories that a community regards as restricted."
      ]
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      "considerations": [
        "Legends carry the identity and memory of communities.",
        "Some legends have fuelled hatred, such as blood libel."
      ],
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        "Communities that hold the stories",
        "People named in legends",
        "Readers"
      ]
    },
    "owners": {
      "steward": "The public: held in common; communities are the custodians of their own stories.",
      "master_systems": []
    }
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      "id": "wikidata",
      "title": "Wikidata item Q44342: legend",
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      "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item",
      "checked_by": "wikidata-api"
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    {
      "id": "wikipedia-en",
      "title": "Wikipedia: Legend",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend",
      "url_status": "live",
      "what_it_supports": "general description of the item",
      "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink"
    }
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        "rationale": "Definition.",
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            "id": "definition",
            "name": "Definition",
            "description": "Definition.",
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              {
                "id": "definition-finding",
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                    "text": "What defines a legend, and how does it differ from myth, folktale and history?",
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                  },
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                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
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            "id": "kinds",
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              {
                "id": "kinds-finding",
                "name": "Kinds",
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                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What kinds of legend exist, from saints to urban and internet legends?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits the specific kind?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "circulation",
        "name": "Circulation",
        "description": "How legends travel.",
        "rationale": "Folklore.",
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            "name": "Transmission",
            "description": "Transmission and variants.",
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              {
                "id": "transmission-finding",
                "name": "Transmission",
                "description": "Transmission.",
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                  {
                    "text": "How do legends circulate, vary and adapt, including online?",
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                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which references are standard?",
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                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "belief",
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            "description": "Belief and truth claims.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "belief-finding",
                "name": "Belief",
                "description": "Belief.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How do communities relate to the truth of legends, and how is that studied?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Is a legend being presented as verified fact?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
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        "id": "study",
        "name": "Study",
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        "rationale": "Study.",
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            "id": "classification",
            "name": "Classification",
            "description": "Indexes.",
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                "id": "classification-finding",
                "name": "Classification",
                "description": "Classification.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How are legends classified and archived by folklorists?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits folklore archives?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
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            "id": "theory",
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            "description": "Theories.",
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                "id": "theory-finding",
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                "description": "Theory.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What do folklorists say about the function and meaning of legends, with attribution?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits folkloristics?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "culture",
        "name": "Culture",
        "description": "Legends in culture.",
        "rationale": "Context.",
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          {
            "id": "media",
            "name": "Media",
            "description": "Legends in media.",
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              {
                "id": "media-finding",
                "name": "Media",
                "description": "Media.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How are legends adapted in literature, film, games and online communities?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits creepypasta?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "heritage",
            "name": "Heritage",
            "description": "Heritage and tourism.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "heritage-finding",
                "name": "Heritage",
                "description": "Heritage.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How do communities use legends in identity and tourism?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits intangible cultural heritage?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "openQuestions": [
    "Should urban legend be a separate entry?",
    "How should folklore archives be linked?",
    "The registry entry has merged aliases for creepypasta media and a Sicilian legend; should they be split off?"
  ],
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}