wyvernfriend
Written on Feb 6, 2013
It's an interesting look at the intersection of scholarship, nationalism and unthinking trust. There is a certain amount of emotional investment in the concept that these are truly stories but the problem is that digging deeper is problematic as it destroys a mental certainty and a certainty that your country had a legacy of stories that were passed down.
I couldn't help but compare and contrast the Aran Jumper myth.