Heroic tale (4)
I believe the answer is:
epic
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">heroic tale</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for epic that I've seen before include "major work" , "Confirm the truth of" , "Long, heroic story" , "Guardian (body, beast)" , "On a grand scale like long poem" .)