Culture Quote by ninotaziz

“some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“History is written by the legends.”

— Evan Ricafort

“Myths have a very long memory.”

— Bryan Sykes

“Only to say that the myths survive when everything else has been forgotten. And that sometimes the myths, for all their slippery deceptions, tell…

— Tom Harper

“Myths have always been archetypal realities, that through history or legend, remind the human being of his origin, his destiny, and the meaning of…

— Javier Cazañ

“Myth is the threshold of history.”

— Saidiya V. Hartman

“Our myths, our legends, aren't necessarily true, but they are truly necessary. They have to do with the way we interpret the world and…

— Jo Walton

“History is often made and buttressed by myths and folklore rather than facts.”

— Daikichi Irokawa

“For most of human history, myths have survived through changing times because they did not demand to be seen as a literal retelling of…

— Jonah Sachs

“The wisdom of stories and legends is that they give us another way to understand ourselves and the place we inhabit.”

— James C. Christensen

“I see folktales and myths as humankind's first stories. They are a kind of collective dreaming, filled with timeless symbols and images we can…

— Marianna Mayer

“Historical mythmaking is made possible only by forgetting.”

— Nancy Isenberg