(June 28, 2014 at 3:06 am)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: Ref. Post #297 ~
You're forgetting your European history. The English (for you, the people who lived in England) were more literate that the other country bumpkins on the mainland. They had a rich history of story-telling and could spin some fantastic tales. They wrote them down and other people read them.
Nonsense. The English did have a rich history of story telling as did everyone else. If you have any real evidence that the English were better educated then Europeans generally or that they had the only story telling history during the 300-1300s or so I'd like to see it. [/align]
Quote:And while the English were writing their fairy tale they gave all of the main characters non-traditional Jewish names. The didn't have any problem giving the minor characters Jewish names but all of the main characters were given European names.
Um, they are now English names because people name their kids after Bible characters.
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