Perhaps you should check your facts before making such grossly inaccurate and missleading statements.
>From Merriam-Webster's -
Main Entry: myth
Pronunciation: 'mith
Function: noun
Etymology: Greek mythos
Date: 1830
1 a : a usually traditional story of ostensibly historical events
that serves to unfold part of the world view of a people or explain a
practice, belief, or natural phenomenon b : PARABLE, ALLEGORY
2 a : a popular belief or tradition that has grown up around
something or someone; especially : one embodying the ideals and
institutions of a society or segment of society <seduced by the
American myth of individualism -- Orde Coombs> b : an unfounded or
false notion
3 : a person or thing having only an imaginary or unverifiable
existence
4 : the whole body of myths
It is true that the word myth is sometimes used to refer to something that is not true, but the first definition given makes no claim as to truth or untruth. The fact that a myth is a traditional story does not necesserily mean that it _must_ be an untrue story.
> Maybe the Orlanthi "Myths" should actually be named and presented
as
> Orlanthi "History". But they aren't. (at least in my impression)
No, they are myths. In Glorantha, you can actualy travell to the land of myhts and see the mythological events with your own eyes, even participate physicaly in them. How much more true do they need to be?
Simon Hibbs
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