Croesus, last king of Lydia from c560 BC. Defeated and imprisoned by Cyrus the Great 546 BC. Legend has it that Croesus was put on funeral pyre and when fire took hold he called on Apollo for help and rain fell, putting out fire.

Lycanthropy: Forest demon captured Germany 1531 and said to inhabit forests round Salzburg & Hamburg. Perhaps witch wearing uncured skin - primitive rite which could have given rise to were-wolf legend. Woodcut of 1669 from edition of Gesner ''Historiae animalum'''

Mexico, Baja California Village Todos Santos Hotel California, Where the legend says The Eagles found their inspiration for the famous song. games romme for the night

Mexico, Baja California Sur State, Todos Santos, Hotel California, where the legend says The Eagles found their inspiration for the famous song, Gallery at the entrance of the hotel

Church of the Assumption of the Virgin of the former Humor Monastery, Interior wall paintings representing biblical scenes and legends, South Bucovina, Moldavia, Romania, UNESCO World Heritage

Two Sisters, as an ancient Cayuse Indian legend refers to them, are two bassalt pillars that overlook the Columbia river. Walla Walla County, Washington. USA.

The Naos of the Church of St Nicholas of the Probota Monastery, with wall paintings representing biblical scenes and legends, South Bucovina, Moldavia, Romania, UNESCO World Heritage

Two Sisters, as an ancient Cayuse Indian legend refers to them, are two basalt pillars that overlook the Columbia river. Walla Walla County, Washington. USA.

Kakku Buddhist Ruins, said to contain over two thousand brick and laterite stupas, legend holds that the first stupas were erected in the 12th century by Alaungsithu, King of Bagan Pagan, Shan State, Myanmar Burma, Asia

Allegorical emblem of Republic Fasces topped by Cap of Liberty and ribbands with legend ' Liberty, Fraternity, Egality or Death', French Revolution 1789, Contemporary popular coloured print,

Kakku Buddhist Ruins, said to contain over two thousand brick and laterite stupas, legend holds that the first stupas were erected in the 12th century by Alaungsithu, King of Bagan Pagan, Shan State, Myanmar Burma, Asia

Mexico, Baja California Village Todos Santos Hotel California, Where the legend says The Eagles found their inspiration for the famous song. room's lounge

Church of St George of the former Voronet Monastry, with wall paintings representing biblical scenes and legends, South façade with scenes from the lives of Sts Nicholas and John the New, South Bucovina, Moldavia, Romania, UNESCO World Heritage

Kakku Buddhist Ruins, said to contain over two thousand brick and laterite stupas, legend holds that the first stupas were erected in the 12th century by Alaungsithu, King of Bagan Pagan, Shan State, Myanmar Burma, Asia

Alexander holding court in China., The legend of Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) was recounted endlessly in Islamic art and literature., After a Persian manuscript

Painting depicting the wolf and the jackal who serve as viziers, instigating the lion who pursues a brahmin up a tree. Dated: 1560 A.D. Tuti-Nama.

White stone elephant, Kakku Buddhist Ruins, said to contain over two thousand brick and laterite stupas, legend holds that the first stupas were erected in the 12th century by Alaungsithu, King of Bagan Pagan, Shan State, Myanmar Burma, Asia

Man and woman ploughing field Miniature from ancient Anglo Saxon manuscript Legend says God Spede ye Plough and send us Korne enow

Church of the Beheading of St John Baptist of Arbore, Exterior wall paintings representing biblical scenes and legends, South Bucovina, Moldavia, Romania, UNESCO World Heritage

Mexico, Baja California Sur State, Todos Santos, Hotel California, where the legend says The Eagles found their inspiration for the famous song, singer (Model Release OK)

Haenyeo Jeju-do's famous diving women on Udo island cliffs on the coastline of Jeju-do island (Cheju), an island of myth and legend.

Clovis: The Legend of the Fleur de Lys ca. 1423 Workshop of the Bedford Master (15th C. French) Illuminated manuscript British Museum, London, England