These eastern legends portrayed the destruction of the great buffalo as beneficial because the creature was a danger to humans and the wild game they depended on for food.

Her legends portray her as a patron who could turn against those who only gave small donations to her church at Conques.

Kane knew then that the Oraycha was fully as terrible as legend had portrayed the monster to be.

Old legends portray the lake as a repository of hidden treasure.

Some legends portray the Honshu wolf as being prophetic creatures.

For example, in The Firebrand the Kentaurs are depicted as a nomadic tribe of short, naked riders of horses rather than as the half-human, half-horsemen legends traditionally portray.

The legends portray Khandoba as a king who rules from his fortress of Jejuri and holds court where he distributes gold.

Documents, legends and literature of Brazil portrays this practice, especially in the port of Salvador, a city in which black Africans were discriminated by colonial society, seen as villains.

The legends portray all sorts of human behaviour, including the less endearing ones such as vanity, lying, cruelty, trickery and cheating.

So famous were the legends portrayed on these boxes that an artist could use one or two motifs to suggest the entire story.