I believe that a myth is much like a legend in the sense that they are both verbal stories passed down from generation to generation though authenticity of authorship remains unknown. Both genres incorporate a lesson to be learned by the listener. Factual history along with the creative imput of ancestors appear to be a large component in legends. On the other hand, a myth is an exciting story generally dealing with nature and gods.
If the difference between a myth and a legend is the history and factuality of the story, then what is the difference between a fable and a fairy-tale? A fairy-tale is fictitious, created to trigger the imagination with characters such as fairies, giants, knomes incorporated in a plot generally centered around magic. A fable, also fictitious at its root, teaches a moral lesson personified via common animals and/or insects (Tortoise and the Hare, Ant and the Grasshopper, etc.)
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