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Yep, and that includes Britain, which some mythologies claim was also founded by a Trojan, Brutus of Troy, descended from Aeneas himself.
by nonameiguess 4y ago
Yep, and that includes Britain, which some mythologies claim was also founded by a Trojan, Brutus of Troy, descended from Aeneas himself.
- dhosek 4y agoNot to mention the whole British Israelite thing—where there is the claim that the Brits are descended from one of the lost tribes of Israel. Then there's the hymn Jerusalem which speculates that Jesus himself came to Britain.
- arethuza 4y agoThe myths link Jesus, Joseph of Arimathea, King Arthur, Holy Grail, Glastonbury and lots of other things: https://theconversation.com/glastonbury-archaeology-is-revealing-new-truths-about-the-origins-of-british-christianity-93805 https://theconversation.com/glastonbury-archaeology-is-revea... Meanwhile here in Scotland we've just got a rock that someone used as a pillow - but we do have a cool footprint and a nice island with "its cargo of mouldering kings".
- jcranberry 4y agoI guess everyone's descended from Aeneas nowadays.