Combine two words, Myth and History. What do you get? Mystery.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
A myth is a lie that conceals or reveals a truth. But if it reveals even a strand of history or truth, that's what gets my adrenaline going.
In terms of the mechanics of story, myth is an intriguing one because we didn't make myth up; myth is an imprinture of the human condition.
I wanted to connect a modern story with a myth that I had read.
Myths which are believed in tend to become true.
It's the historian's job not to ridicule the myths, but to show the difference between myth and reality.
What is history but a fable agreed upon?
Plato wove historical fact into literary myth.
Fairly tales are myths, and myths are only myths because there's a grain of truth in them.
I have always found fact infinitely more interesting than myths and falsehoods.
Myths are stories that explain a natural phenomenon. Before humans found scientific explanations for such things as the moon and the sun and rainbows, they tried to understand them by telling stories.
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