The glaistig is an ambivalent ghost that appears in legend as both a malign and benign creature.

By extension, liminal beings of a mixed, hybrid nature appear regularly in myth, legend and fantasy.

He appears first in legend as a youth.

Gandalf can be compared to Merlin the magician, who appears in Arthurian legend.

Asclepiodotus appears in medieval British legend as a native king of Britain.

It might instead be based on the Irish name Muirgen, meaning "born of the sea", a name that appears in Irish legend.

Many other swords appear in Norse legend in the hands of heroes.

The two constellations often appear in legend together, and are part of the Dreamings of several language groups.

He first appears in legend as a youth, even then possessed of strange powers.

Ermanaric also appears in Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon legend.