The legend recorded in the Talmud thus cannot be relied upon as a historical source for facts on Nero's life.

According to a legend recorded by Ludwig Bechstein, this shrine was once a giant's spoon, and it is therefore known as the Riesenlöffel.

Schiller's version is based on an ancient Greek legend recorded by the Roman author Gaius Julius Hyginus.

In an Irish legend recorded by Wilde, a farmer builds a barn on a fairy ring despite the protests of his neighbours.

For example, in a legend from Carmarthenshire, recorded by Sikes, a man is rescued from a fairy ring only to crumble to dust.

According to a legend recorded in the Greek hagiography, Jovan Vladimir built the church near Elbasan.

According to some legends, recorded for the first time by Ljubomir Nenadović, the 17th-century military commander Bajo Pivljanin and his wife are buried beneath them.

A legend from Saterland and East Friesland, recorded by Thorpe in 1852, tells of a kobold called the Alrûn.

The second is the Roman legend of Brutus, recorded in two separate Latin works.

According to an Aizu-area legend recorded by Thomas Madden, akabeko toys are based on a real cow that lived in AD 807.