Ancient Legends are Usually Based on Core Facts - One Original Religion and Language for All People?

LEGENDS ARE USUALLY BASED ON A CORE OF FACT

Pertinently, William Prescott, the great Americanologist, reminds us: “A

nation may pass away and leave only the memory of its existence, but the

stories of science it has gathered up will endure forever.”3

You see, folklore is a fossil of history; it preserves history in the guise of

colorful tales. Far from being a collection of fables, it is a recital of actual

past events, even though from generation to generation some facts have

become distorted or forgotten. Professor I.A. Efremov, of the Soviet Union, cautions that “historians

must pay more respect to ancient traditions and folklore.” He accuses

Western scientists of snobbishness in rejecting the tales of the “common

people.”4

We must face it: legends are usually based on a core of fact.

Take the legend of Troy. No scholar took The Iliad or The Odyssey of

homer as history. But Schliemann, putting faith in it, discovered the

“mythical” city of Troy. The Iliad spoke of a cup decorated with doves

which…