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An origin myth is a type of myth that explains the beginnings of a natural or social aspect of the world. Creation myths are a type of origin myth narrating the formation of the universe. However, numerous cultures have stories that take place after the initial origin. These stories aim to explain the origins of natural phenomena or human ...
- The Death of Catherine the Great. The legend learned in the playground by all British school children—and those of a fair few other countries—is that Catherine the Great was crushed while trying to have sex with a horse.
- The 300 Who Held Thermopylae. The film version of "300" told a heroic story of how just three hundred Spartan warriors held a narrow pass against a Persian army numbering in the hundreds of thousands.
- Medieval People Believed in a Flat Earth. In some quarters, the fact that the Earth is a globe is regarded as a modern discovery, and there are few things people trying to attack the supposed backwardness of the medieval period like more than claiming they all thought the Earth was flat.
- Mussolini Got the Trains Running on Time. The exasperated commuter often remarks that at least Italian dictator Mussolini managed to get the trains working on time, and there was plenty of publicity at the time explaining how he’d done so.
Sep 18, 2023 · Exploring History. ·. 8 min read. ·. Sep 18, 2023. 5. Source: Wikipedia. History is full of myths, misconceptions, and stories that have been exaggerated over time. Have you ever heard a...
- Democracy will always prevail. According to Snyder, the collapse of the Soviet Union gave birth to the myth that all countries will eventually become democracies.
- The past was better. This myth is not only false, said Snyder, but dangerous: nostalgia might evoke a time or place that only existed in the imagination.
- New technologies make people smarter. When you think of the newspaper, radio or television, visions of a more connected world come to mind. But according to Snyder, new technologies don’t automatically make people more intelligent.
- Globalization is a recent phenomenon. Globalization is the process that allows people, products and ideas to move easily across borders. It has dominated recent headlines thanks to Donald Trump, but according to Snyder, it’s not a new concept.
In this channel, Simon Webb, author of many books of popular history, examines some of our favorite historical characters and incidents, looking at the truth behind the myths. We learn, for ...
Feb 2, 2018 · 33 History “Facts” We’ve All Been Getting Dead Wrong. As the centuries tick on by, history has a way of becoming blurred. In many cases, it doesn't even take centuries for a historical fact to become distorted, but merely a few decades — if not sooner. Whether such distortions happen for political reasons or because of unintentional ...
Roswell incident. / 33.95028°N 105.31417°W / 33.95028; -105.31417. The Roswell incident is a collection of events and myths surrounding the 1947 crash of a United States Army Air Forces balloon near Roswell, New Mexico. Operated from the nearby Alamogordo Army Air Field and part of the top secret Project Mogul, the balloon was ...
