From: dcawdell@cox.net   
      
   Trouble with Arthurian legend - Geoffrey muddied the waters too much. I'm   
   struggling through Y Gododdin, right now. But it's slow going  8-(   
      
      
      
   "Larry Caldwell"  wrote in message   
   news:MPG.1bab4e75575c3d1e98b19e@news.west.earthlink.net...   
   > In article , dcawdell@cox.net (Rufio)   
   > says...   
   >   
   > > Sorry - talking at cross-purposes here - I don't care about the Noah   
   > > biblical flood myth - I just want to tie in a mythical event with a   
   > > historical one.   
   >   
   > You would do better to stick to actual historic events.  One example   
   > might be the Arthurian Grail stories, which are mythic, but closely   
   > connected to the historic establishment of Christianity in Europe.  Even   
   > more closely related to history is "Chanson de Rolande".  Durendal may   
   > have been an actual sword.   
   >   
   > In the Bible, there are plenty of mythic references to actual historic   
   > events, but stick to events after 500 bce.  You won't find historic   
   > evidence for Moses, Joshua or Solomon, but there is plenty of evidence   
   > for the Persian empire.  Some of the prophets, like Daniel, were   
   > fictitious, but many of them actually existed.   
   >   
   > --   
   > http://home.teleport.com/~larryc   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)