She is 'a legend in her own time'. = She is 'a living legend'. [=she has become a legend while still living]
I don't believe the 'legends' I've heard about this forest.
The gravestone bears the 'legend' “Rest in Peace.”
(..) "-it is a plan of the -year-old catacombs deep below the lowest levels of your Metropolis..." "I should like to know what my workers are doing in the catacombs..." "Today I will tell you the legend of THE TOWER OF BABEL..." The legend of THE TOWER OF BABEL... "Come, let us build us a tower (..)1927 Metropolis