One legend related of Sargon in Assyrian times says that

The legend associated with Chiron says that he was accidentally poisoned with an arrow shot by Hercules, and was subsequently placed in the heavens.

Richard Steigmann-Gall says that the stab-in-the-back legend traces back to a sermon preached on February 3, 1918, by Protestant Court Chaplain Bruno Doehring, six months before the war had even ended.

The bar where legend says Poe was last seen drinking before his death still stands in Fells Point in Baltimore, Maryland.

Some medieval chronicles and literary works derive the name of the city of Buda from him. There is an ancient legend, amongst the Székely people that says: " After the death of Attila, in the bloody Battle of Krimhilda, 3000 Hun warriors managed to escape, to settle in a place called " Csigle mezo " ( today Transylvania ) and they changed their name from Huns to Szekler ( Szekely ).

There is an old Russian legend that says the Samoyeds, an ancient Siberian tribe, traveled to an underground cavern city to live inside the earth.

The legend at the bottom says " Jean-Jacques, aime ton pays " (" love your country "), and shows Rousseau's father gesturing towards the window.

A variant of the legend says that Miaoshan allowed herself to die at the hand of the executioner.

Campus legend says the brawl was sparked by the alleged theft of the body of Millsaps founder Major Millsaps by Mississippi College students.

Musashi killed his opponent with a bokken that legend says he had carved from an oar used on the boat that carried him to the island.

Lese legend says the okapi decorates itself with these stripes, adding to the okapi's great camouflage.

A legend says that François Blanc supposedly bargained with the devil to obtain the secrets of roulette.

The legend on the reverse says: Judaea Capta coinage | IVDEA CAPTA, " Iudaea ( Roman province ) | Judaea conquered ".

The Encyclopædia Britannica says this about the legend:

There is a similar great legend in Prague which says that when the Motherland is in danger or in its darkest times and close to ruin, the equestrian statue of King Wenceslaus in Wenceslaus Square will come to life, raise the army sleeping in Blaník, and upon crossing the Charles Bridge his horse will stumble and trip over a stone, revealing the legendary sword of Bruncvík.

Chief among these is a series of fortification walls on the north slope of Palatine Hill that can be dated to the middle of the 8th century BC, when legend says that Romulus plowed a furrow ( sulcus ) around the Palatine Hill in order to mark the boundary of his new city.

Welsh legend provides a mythic story that says he did exactly that.

The legend says that his sister was asked for, and a marriage alliance sought with the local Berber leader.

An old Icelandic legend says that two night-prowling giants, a man and a woman, were traversing the fjord near Drangey Island with their cow when they were surprised by the bright rays of daybreak.

An ancient legend says that Odysseus feigned madness by yoking a horse and an ox to his plow and sowing salt.

The legend also says that as a child, Jesus had visited Glastonbury along with Joseph.

People believed that this was " the famous egg that legend says Leda brought forth ".

Bob Hoffman sent over tons of equipment for this contest too – and didn ’ t take it back, legend says it ’ s all still being used in the West Midlands.

* When Costello is next to Dracula's coffin at the beginning of the film, the information card says " Frankenstein's monster " until the camera moves and it changes to " Dracula's legend.

Local legend has it that Cedar Island in Little Assawoman Bay was a spot for pirates to bury treasure.

Regardless of the truth of the legend, the Delaware coastal area was well known as a place for pirates to hide from the law.

According to legend, a young Indian woman named Mirra was kidnapped by Portuguese pirates and taken to Cochin ( modern-day Kochi ), in the south of India.

According to local legend, the icon had been stolen from Byzantium and was being transported by pirates across the Mediterranean.

One fictional legend averred that the children's nursery rhyme " Sing a Song of Sixpence " was really a coded reference used by pirates to recruit members.

Seafair created a make-believe legend where King Neptune, Emperor of the Ocean and King Of All the Seas and his Royal Court would battle the villainous pirates for control of the city and its maritime festival.

Dan was the Goddess of an Tuaithe De Dannan, she was daughter of Dagda who according to legend at the battle of Magh Tuireadh, which was fought between the Tuatha De Danann and the piratical Fomorians, saw his Harper Uaithne being taken away by the retreating pirates.

Another legend about Cambini, circulated by François-Joseph Fétis, claimed that Cambini and his fiancée had been kidnapped by Barbary pirates and ransomed by a music-lover.

An English ballad and legend tell a story of Robin Hood encountering French pirates who came to pillage the fisherman's boats and the northeast coast.

The exact place of his burial is difficult to establish – legend states that he requested to be buried before the High Altar.

According to legend he requested that a message be passed on to the members of the Tagsatzung on his behalf.

Dave Tregunna said that Bators, a fan of rock legend Jim Morrison, had earlier requested that his ashes be spread over Morrison's Paris grave and that his girlfriend complied.

The legend goes that one afternoon Parashurama requested Karna to bring a pillow for him to lie his head on in the shade of a tree.

There is an urban legend stating that Kargopol merchants were unhappy with the prospective of the railway construction in Kargopol thinking it would deteriorate the trade, and therefore requested the railway to be built in detour.

One interesting, perhaps apocryphal Parsi legend relates the course of the initial meeting between Jadi Rana and the newly landed emigrants: When the Zoroastrians requested asylum, Jadi Rana motioned to a vessel of milk filled to the very brim to signify that his kingdom was already full and could not accept refugees.

:: On 5 November 1960, Lewes suffered severe flooding, legend has it that the Borough Surveyor requested that the London Platforms be blown up to allow flood water to escape via the railway track-bed.

The following copyright legend has been added as a courtesy to the copyright holder, who requested it:

A legend states that, when Vital was in Jerusalem, the Ottoman governor, Abu Saifia, requested that he use his powers to locate the aqueduct leading from the River Gihon to the city, which had been built in the days of King Hezekiah.

Shiell senior is also said to have requested the title of King from Queen Victoria, and as legend has it, it was granted to him, by the British Colonial Office rather than by Victoria herself, provided there was no revolt against colonial power.