What are your favorite fanciful legends/stories?

I liked Monty Python’s Holy Grail story.

Heehee, me too. But not just that version. I like all different kinds of King Arthur stories, even the movie they made “King Arthur” with Clive Owen, where he was called Arturius.

I’m going to go, perhaps suprisingly, for an american classic. Ichabod Crane & the headless horseman. Sleepy Hollow, love it.

I’m a Grimm man, myself.

Oh @ucme good one!

I’m a pretty big fan of Beowulf, provided I don’t have to write about it. Also, Marie de France’s Lais are delightful.

@Adirondackwannabe Yes the legend of the Black Knight is my fav.

@WillWorkForChocolate Fascinated me since childhood, great storytelling.

@ucme Very much so! In my nerd game, we get to kill the Headless Horseman during our Halloween festivities, and occasionally when you kill him, you get his flying, headless horse as a “mount”.

Great answers guys! I also like Grimm’s fairy tales and Beowulf!

Beowulf is pretty awesome, any Greek myths I adore and I love the Grimm classics, not the happy Disney versions, the grim (sorry for the pun) dark endings…
Peter Pan is a pretty good read too..

Aesop could turn a pretty mean fable.

The tales of Ulysses. One man taking on the greek gods, and taking their shit for 10 years after dissing them.

The legend of the 1111 point total.

I’ve read Romance of the Three Kingdoms several times, and, much like bootblacking, I like it very much. It’s kind of half history, half legend.

I’ve always been fascinated with Beowulf myself too, even before the legend became an animated film… I read about his adventures as a kid about the time I discovered King Arthur myself…. I’ve read quite a bit on Saxon & Viking legends also the ancient Greeks Particularly The Battle of Thermopylae involving the 300 Spartans, Robin Hood also & his merry men spring to mind……. I think there’s more than a little truth in all their tales, where else do stories come from……. :-/
There must have been a little bit of truth behind them, to inspire them, I like to think anyway………

I really liked The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King. Not his usual type of novel.

I’m also super into the Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin right now.

A few years ago, a new version of the Gilgamesh epic came out that was really good. I enjoyed that a lot.

@Seelix I really like that one by Stephen King too! Poor Peter. :(

Im a big fan of anything dealing with Greek mythology.

Clovis and the Cup, Odovacer sacking Rome and spanking Romulus Augustulus over his knee, St. Catherine of Alexandria’s saint story, and anything Arthurian.

The Robin Hood story is always amusing (except when Russell Crowe is Robin).

Camelot

Oh, and The Tales of Beedle the Bard!

I’m not a Harry Potter nerd at all

One of the stories that stuck with me since childhood, that I like quite a bit, is Bluebeard. Which is rather strange, because I am so against men’s violence toward women.

But then, 90% of my favorite fairy tales/legends/stories have always included a bit of the old ultra-violence.

@Lightlyseared I’m inclined to agree.

Does The Hunchback of NotreDame count? That’s my favourite story of all time.

hells yes, it counts.