Tuesday 17 December 2019

LEGEND



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



Bruce Wayne : 
You're vigilantes.

Henri Ducard :
No, no, no.
A vigilante is just a man lost in the scramble for his own gratification.
He can be destroyed or locked up.
But if you make yourself more than just a man...if you devote yourself to an ideal...
...and if they can't stop you...
...then you become something else entirely.

Bruce Wayne : 
Which is?

Henri Ducard :
Legend, Mr. Wayne.


[meeting someone introduced as Ra's al Ghul] 

Bruce Wayne :
You're not Ra's al Ghul. 
I watched him die.

Henri Ducard : 
[from behind Bruce Wayne]  
But is Ra's al Ghul immortal?

[Bruce turns around to face Ducard] 

Henri Ducard : 
Are his methods supernatural?

Bruce Wayne : 
[to Ducard]  
Or cheap parlor tricks to conceal your true identity, "Ra's"?

Henri Ducard :
Surely, a man who spends his nights scrambling over the rooftops of Gotham wouldn't begrudge me dual identities?

Bruce Wayne : 
I saved your life.

Henri Ducard :
I warned you about compassion, Bruce.

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