Historical Hercules

[The Valkyrie]

I tend to view the whole historicist/mythicist thing as something of a false dichotomy. There’s really no bar to a Greek strongman (or a rabble-rousing Jewish preacher) who had his deeds exaggerated into divine proportions.

There are historic kernels in the stories of Robin Hood, Arthur of Britain, plenty of others. The idea that it would be impossible for a legendary figure to have some basis in history doesn’t strike me as supportable.

Boru

This picture is of the Historical King Arthur.

Direct descendant of Brian of Nazareth.