Believable Quote by Bruno Heller

I've always preferred mythology to history. History is truth that becomes an illusion. Mythology is an illusion that becomes reality.

— Jean Cocteau

Mythology is much better stuff than history. It has form; logic; a message.

— Penelope Lively

History often resembles myth, because they are both ultimately of the same stuff.

— Anonymous

What they teach you as history is mythology and true mythology is far from fantasy -- it is our true history. A bulk of…

— Suzy Kassem

“Mythology can be defined as the sacred history of humankind. This is different from what we call "history." Mythical stories, when you trace them…

— Gerald Hausman

The interface of history and myth is where my stories take place anyway, and there's always a way I'm trying to tap mythologies with…

— Steve Stern

A myth is far truer than a history, for a history only gives a story of the shadows, whereas a myth gives a story…

— Annie Besant

Myth is sometimes more important than history.

— Adrian Dunbar

Myth is much more important and true than history. History is just journalism and you know how reliable that is.

— Joseph Campbell

Mythology can be defined as the sacred history of humankind.

— Gerald Hausman

It's the historian's job not to ridicule the myths, but to show the difference between myth and reality.

— Norman Davies

“Do you know the difference between mythology and history?’ asked Brahmananda. The lady expressed herself in a shrug. ‘Mythology is a set of lies…

— Ashwin Sanghi