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Storytellers seldom let facts get in the way of perpetuating

Storytellers seldom let facts get in the way of perpetuating a legend, although a few facts add seasoning and make the legend more believable.

John H. Alexander

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TÃº, pÃ¡jaro, vivirÃ¡s en los Ã¡rboles y volarÃ¡s por los ai

TÃº, pÃ¡jaro, vivirÃ¡s en los Ã¡rboles y volarÃ¡s por los aires, alcanzarÃ¡s la regiÃ³n de las nubes, rozarÃ¡s la transparencia del cielo y no tendrÃ¡s miedo de caer.

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Pride and power fall when the person falls, but discoveries

Pride and power fall when the person falls, but discoveries of truth form legacies that can be built upon for generations.

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After all, I believe that legends and myths are largely made

After all, I believe that legends and myths are largely made of 'truth', and indeed present aspects of it that can only be received in this mode; and long ago certain truths and modes of this kind were discovered and must always reappear.

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History has its truth, and so has legend. Legendary truth is

History has its truth, and so has legend. Legendary truth is of another nature than historical truth. Legendary truth is invention whose result is reality. Furthermore, history and legend have the same goal; to depict eternal man beneath momentary man.

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The point is that descriptive writing is very rarely entirel

The point is that descriptive writing is very rarely entirely accurate and during the reign of Olaf Quimby II as Patrician of Ankh-Morpork some legislation was passed in a determined attempt to put a stop to this sort of thing and introduce some honesty to reporting.Thus, if a legend told of a notable hero that all men spoke of his prowess any bard who valued his life would hastily add except for a couple of people in his home village who thought he was a loony, and quite a lot of other people who had never really heard of him. Poetic simile was strictly limited to statements like: His mighty steed was fast as the wind, on a fairly calm day, say about Force Three, any loose talk about a beloved having a face that could launch a thousand ships would have to be backed by evidence that the object of desire did indeed own a very large seaport. Patrician Olaf II was eventually killed during an experiment conducted in the palace grounds to prove the disputed accuracy of the proverb The Pen is mightier than the Sword.In his memory it was decided that the proverb would from now on include the phrase: only if the Sword is very small and the Pen very sharp.

Terry Pratchett

Legends

Marco Polo had seen the inhabitants of Zipangu place rose-co

Marco Polo had seen the inhabitants of Zipangu place rose-colored pearls in the mouths of the dead. A sea-monster had been enamoured of the pearl that the diver brought to King Perozes, and had slain the thief, and mourned for seven moons over its loss.

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