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History Becomes Myth

Exaggeration is a powerful memetic force

Eleanor Konik
Mar 28, 2016
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George Washington admitting he chopped the cherry tree.
George Washington admitting he chopped the cherry tree.

It was the Black Company series by Glen Cook that made me realize how often history becomes myth, exaggerated beyond meaningful belief. The Books of Glittering Stone detail a religion somewhat similar to Hinduism, and the “big bad” is Kina, modeled on Kali in her aspect as a Death Goddess. Croaker, …

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