• wador@lemmy.zip
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    26 days ago

    It does depend on the questions and the answers.

    I mean, I could ask something like “how was it to be a prophet in Jerusalem around the year 33?” and that would be a good history question. But if I asked how Noah built the ark, I could also ask were leprechauns get the gold for their pots…

  • harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    26 days ago

    As long as it pertains to these topics as literature or how the belief in them affected historical events.

    For example, Iulius Gaius Caesar using his clan name - Iulius - to assert that he was a descendant of Venus.

    Or how did their religious beliefs affect the defenders of Masada in the first century CE.

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    7 days ago

    I’d think there’s a point to it, myths and legends are still part of history.

    I just got 220 comic books from India covering a bunch of Indian folklore I was completely unfamiliar with…