Myth, History or Legend?
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Let's see how well you know your ancient history!
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What are your thoughts on this subject?
623 Comments
William Laughlin
The terms should have been clearly defined at the beginning of the quiz. There are dubious distinctions made here. SMH
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Mar 23, 2024 4:26PM
john duckett
Myth - `a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people'. Legend - `a story from the past that is believed by many people but cannot be proved to be true'. So not a lot of difference. And if something is accepted as being historically accurate, surely it can also be considered as being a fact? A bit of a disaster of a quiz.
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Mar 2, 2024 4:53PM
Carolyn Tabarrok
john duckett, thanks for the explanation
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Jan 29, 2024 6:13PM
Carolyn Tabarrok
I’m confused about the difference between myth and legend
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Jan 29, 2024 6:12PM
Tom Knox
A thin line between myth and legend.
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Nov 4, 2023 5:57PM
David Colloby
The Ten Plagues of Egypt is not history nowhere in the history of Egypt is this recorded. It is therefore a Jewish myth or legend
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Oct 2, 2023 1:40PM
Shelley Durocher
Shelley Durocher, Having said that, I still don't agree with some of the answers.
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Sep 21, 2023 4:47PM
Shelley Durocher
I agree that Myth and Legend need to be defined. In this quiz, I believe the author is using "Myth" to mean that neither the person/being nor the event was real, like Medusa. And "Legend" to mean that it was a real person, but the event was not, like King Canute telling water what to do.
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Sep 21, 2023 4:45PM
Greigg Graf
What in the world was that, about the most absurd quiz that came up with. Differentiate legend and myth.
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Aug 22, 2023 6:56PM
john duckett
Myth - folklore genre consisting of narratives that play a fundamental role in a society, such as foundational tales or origin myths.
Legend - a story from the past that is believed by many people but cannot be proved to be true.
Mmmm.
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Aug 22, 2023 5:32AM
starlv
Hard to tell between Myth & Legend, I thought both were basically the same
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Jul 26, 2023 1:29AM
Allison Aspden
5/12. Difficult to choose whether- Myth - or History!
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Jul 4, 2023 2:06PM
skclary
Myth vs. Legend! What's the difference?
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Jun 24, 2023 7:10PM
amanda ruby
David Colloby, they are if you believe In God
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May 29, 2023 2:50AM
amanda ruby
lls, I agree
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May 29, 2023 2:50AM