Home›Kings›Historicity›Legendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordBrowse ByLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordThis page groups figures by whether scholars consider them to have actually existed. Wikipedia notes that "the historicity of a claim about the past is its factual status." Browsing by historicity lets a visitor separate a documented historical person from one known only through legend.FactsLearn MoreLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedRulers whose reigns carry religious weight: anointed kings of the biblical narrative, sacred monarchs, and legendary sovereigns of a golden age. Sacred kingship is a genuine comparative topic, but the grounds on which a king counts as sacred, covenant and anointing, descent from a god, or legend rather than record, are not the same. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedFigures 1Learn MoreThe Kings This group gathers kings, the royal figures of sacred narrative, rulers whose reigns carry religious weight, whether as anointed servants of God, as sacred monarchs, or as legendary sovereigns of a tradition's golden age. The browser will find the kingly figures the atlas classes here, such as the anointed kings of the biblical narrative and the sacred rulers of other traditions. The entries describe each within their story.Legendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordFilter Results15 entriesPlace of OriginAllAksum (1)Ancient Rome (2)Greece (2)India (2)Japan (1)Mesoamerica (1)Mesopotamia (1)Persia (1)Scandinavia (1)TraditionAllAncient Greek Religion (2)Aztec Religion (1)Christianity (1)Hinduism (3)Judaism (1)Latter Day Saint Movement (1)Norse Paganism (1)Roman Religion (2)Shinto (1)Zoroastrianism (2)Office HeldAllKing of Kosala, ruling at Ayodhya (1)Veneration StatusAllActively venerated in a living tradition (7)No Cult Attested (3)Revered InAllAncient Roman Religion (1)Buddhism (1)Christianity (2)Hinduism (1)Judaism (1)Mesoamerican Religion (1)Paganism (1)Shinto (1)Zoroastrianism (2)Lifespan Start YearAll-753 (1)-752 (1)Manner Of DeathAllDied of natural causes (1)Disputed (2)Killed in battle (1)Taken up without dying, as the tradition holds (1)GenderAllMale (14)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 15DasharathaLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordEmperor OjinLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordFeridunLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordGebre MeskelLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordKing BenjaminLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordKing VirataLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordMahabaliLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordNimrodLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordNuma PompiliusLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordOdinLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordOedipusLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordRomulusLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordTantalusLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordTopiltzin Ce Acatl QuetzalcoatlLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordVishtaspaLegendary: known from narrative tradition, not the historical recordSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Encyclopedia of Religiontier 1Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005Entry Kingship, sacredView the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.