Post #122224 by Gigantalope on Thu, Oct 28, 2004 8:27 AM

Using legends and myths for recording what people were actually like very seldom yields concrete facts.

Often things like different shaped houses, maybe with lower roofs lead one tribe to believe from a distance that another are elfin, and if the tribes are competitive, the description by one to another is seldom complementary.

A common theme with explorers writings from Viking Rhuns, Lewis and Clark to the Blair Bros. is having one group inform you what vermin the neighboring group will be.