2007-01-03 10:27:57 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
I believe all folklore started from the telling of true stories, however, the stories seem to change after they have been told over and over again.
2007-01-10 08:57:14 · answer #1 · answered by CelticMoonGoddess 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, most folklore is based on true events. But they have been exaggerated to make a more imaginative and exciting story, since folklore was usually passed to new generations through verbal stories. A tall man becomes a giant, a man fighting 3 men defeats an army, etc. Watch "Big Fish," a movie about a storyteller.
2007-01-03 18:44:41 · answer #2 · answered by Smokin' Dragon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I sure do. Doctors are starting to discover that some of the herbal cures used by midwives have a chemical basis of truth. And people used to think that the Battle of Troy was only fiction, until archeological evidence of the real Troy started to turn up--same thing with an Irish city called (I think) Edain Macha, or something like that, which was featured in the Irish epic "The Cattle Raid of Cooley." Archeological evidence supports it, too. Just, as with Troy, not necessarily with all the supernatural overtones. But who knows?
2007-01-03 19:50:09 · answer #3 · answered by Vaughn 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ancient folklore, modern religions, what's the difference besides the fact they're in seperate eras? It really depends on what you believe. I mean, my sister had started a church of DNA-Douglas N. Adams (author of H2G2, Long Dark Teatime of the Soul, etc). That and we both love Norse mythology. Odin and God are really the same people (sorry if that offends you, but it's true). Wow, I wrote a lot.
2007-01-03 18:39:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a lot of truth in all ancient folklore. But their way of explaining things is what we find to be un-believable... Why? Because what they seen my no longer exist in our time and age. Or it moved into a even more secluded area.. You have to understand that they killed anything that they did not understand. Or hunted it almost into extinction. But it does not mean that what they saw was not real at that time period ..............................
2007-01-03 18:55:42 · answer #5 · answered by kilroymaster 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, sure why not? Folklore usualy is based off of some truth, then its stretched out for entertainment.
2007-01-03 18:32:08 · answer #6 · answered by smile 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, as a matter of fact I do. That is, as long as you take some of Christian works as lore. The flood myth is evident in Christian, Greek, Hindu, and Native American cultures. Specificly South Western Native American Culture, as far as I can tell. It's a little far fetched to say that all these people could come up with essentially the same story, and it not have some basis in fact.
2007-01-03 20:28:53 · answer #7 · answered by Rae 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ancient, modern...all folklore has some truth in it, or is designed to lead you to the truth. I'm sure there's some truth somewhere (and I don't mean *literal* truth. It doesn't have to be literal truth to be truth.)
2007-01-03 20:05:46 · answer #8 · answered by SlowClap 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
there is always a grain of truth in almost every tale, legend, myth. the secret is to find the truth and confirm what is known against what is believed. truth is often stranger than fiction
2007-01-04 15:00:08 · answer #9 · answered by Marvin R 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Generally it is always based in some old truth
2007-01-03 18:35:03 · answer #10 · answered by royce r 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋