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On the other hand, Tolkien spent his time creating realistic languages and lore to go with that, above and beyond many fantasy writers. On the gripping hand, h
by hosh 2y ago
On the other hand, Tolkien spent his time creating realistic languages and lore to go with that, above and beyond many fantasy writers.
On the gripping hand, having read through various histories, it's nuts how often historians get things mixed up or wrong, or obsolete with emerging evidence. Our histories, even evidence-based, tells a story of our past, and no narrative can fully describe what happened.
- ben_w 2y ago> On the gripping hand, having read through various histories, it's nuts how often historians get things mixed up or wrong, or obsolete with emerging evidence. Our histories, even evidence-based, tells a story of our past, and no narrative can fully describe what happened. Indeed; the similarity of "history" and "story" is no mere coincidence, they share a root. And in German, both are the same word: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Geschicht https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Geschicht