History became Legend,
Legend became Myth
And Some Things That Should Not Have Been Forgotten were lost.
Bollandist Hippolyte Delehaye describes a legend (as compared to a fable, myth, or tale) thus:
“The Legend, on the other hand, has, of necessity, some historical or topographical connection.
It refers imaginary events to some real personage,
or it localises romantic stories in some definite spot.
Thus one may speak of
The Legend of Alexander or of Caesar.”
Hagiography (accounts of the lives of saints) is not intended to be history, but aims at edification, and sometimes incorporates subjective elements along with facts.
Legends presuppose an historical fact as basis or pretext.
This historical fact may be modified by popular imagination.
“Both elements maybe combined in very unequal proportions, and according as the preponderance is to be found on the side of fact or on that of fiction, the narrative may be classed as history or as legend.”
The legenda (literally, 'that which is for reading') included facts which were historically genuine, as well as narrative which Christians now class as unhistorical legend
Legend became Myth
And Some Things That Should Not Have Been Forgotten were lost.
Bollandist Hippolyte Delehaye describes a legend (as compared to a fable, myth, or tale) thus:
“The Legend, on the other hand, has, of necessity, some historical or topographical connection.
It refers imaginary events to some real personage,
or it localises romantic stories in some definite spot.
Thus one may speak of
The Legend of Alexander or of Caesar.”
Hagiography (accounts of the lives of saints) is not intended to be history, but aims at edification, and sometimes incorporates subjective elements along with facts.
Legends presuppose an historical fact as basis or pretext.
This historical fact may be modified by popular imagination.
“Both elements maybe combined in very unequal proportions, and according as the preponderance is to be found on the side of fact or on that of fiction, the narrative may be classed as history or as legend.”
The legenda (literally, 'that which is for reading') included facts which were historically genuine, as well as narrative which Christians now class as unhistorical legend
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