What does "その逸話に違わず" mean? I've read it on syotetsu < From what I gather, "" means something like "Different from the anecdotes." Is that correct? Is this a set phrase or something? Why is anecdote used here instead of something like rumors or stories?

> []{}[]{}

means " **Not** different from the anecdote" → "Just as the anecdote says" (≂[]{})

[]{} is the negative form of []{}. The is the classical/literary negative auxiliary.

> Is this a set phrase or something?

Yes, you'd occasionally see phrases like , which mean almost the same thing as (just as rumored)(as the name suggests)

> Why is anecdote used here instead of something like rumors or stories?

You mean why the word is used instead of or ? It seems like they rephrased the []{} (myth, legend) in the previous sentence.