Although there are many spellings, pronunciations, and translations — Vlad comes from a family with the surname of Dracul. Even more interesting! Such a good movie — so sexy. There is definitely a lot of inspiration for Dracula. Myths are Legends on supernatural steroids. It has some historical elements to it, but it involves gods, demigods, and explanations of natural phenomena.
My favorite example: Greek Mythology. What are the historical elements? I think the biggest one of all is location. Stories surround certain cities and seas by names we still use today.
Secondly, some of these stories discuss battles, and there is a smidge of truth to them. Whether it be a battle actually happened, or true historical figures were involved, Greek mythology has tiny doses of truth woven into the outrageous powers and unnecessary inbreeding among the gods and goddesses.
To me, fables are always cute. They may have some historical elements to them, or maybe a splash of magic, but the overall point is that fables teach a specific lesson. Legends are usually based on some sort of historical fact and have had their characters or events embellished over the tellings and retellings. Fairy tales generally have some sort of fantastic element, and might feature magic, imaginary creatures, and often a conflict between sides that are clearly good and evil.
A myth has its basis in religion, often telling stories of supernatural beings or creators, and usually explaining some sort of natural phenomenon. All three types of stories have something of the fantastic and the unbelievable in them; the difference is in the content, where it comes from, and whether or not it has some sort of testable or historic basis. A legend is a story that has some element of historical fact or accuracy.
Legends are typically told about real people, places, or events from history, and then are embellished with the retelling.
For example, the story of Johnny Appleseed is a legend. He was a real person, named John Chapman, who really did travel through many northern states planting apple orchards. Degh and Vazsonyi This ambiguity around truth status means that the contents of legends is frequently that which is unexplainable, unlikely, or even supernatural—indeed, the supernatural legend is a particularly common subtype of the genre.
The listener or reader of the legend must evaluate these supernatural episodes, and decide whether or not to believe them. However, within the field of folklore, a myth is a narrative that is deeply true to the community from which it springs. So there you have it! This is how folklorists differentiate between these three terms. Note: Technically, the third major category of folk narrative is the folktale more broadly speaking, and traditional, oral fairy tales are a sub-category of that group.
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