It's been worked on in the lines of the Irish kings, trying to figure it out. One test is how many generations occur over what number of years. Of course if you really believe people could live to age 900, I guess that isn't convincing either. I recommend Stewart Baldwin's site for those who are interested in how to pursue the boundary between the real and mythical. http://sbaldw.home.mindspring.com/home.htm He has a lot of Celtic stuff there as well as "The Henry Project" which all of us here should find relevant. On Fri, 2004-04-30 at 13:12, Jim wrote: > Gordon you brought up a great point. I was thinking about that today > while having lunch. I remember reading about the Picts and how they had > no history, and forgive me for being so vague without looking this all > up again, so someone created one for them. I'm sure a lot of "poetic > license" was used when these ancient genealogies were written down for > the reigning Royal famillies...to do exactly that...give them legitimacy > and a connection with the "Greats" that preceeded them. > > So it would be interesting to ascertain approximately when the > transition from reality to folklore, fairy tale, mythology...what ever > we would like to call it, occurred. > > Gordon wrote: > > "King Priam may have existed, but the links to European Royalty are > mythical. > > You will also find we are descended from the Norse gods, such as Odin. > > Kings liked to have genealogies that went back to gods, characters such > as Aeneas and Priam, and (later) Biblical characters. It made them more > legit." > > On Thu, 2004-04-29 at 15:44, SnowBeri@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 4/29/2004 3:57:31 PM Mountain Daylight Time, > > gym4jim@bellsouth.net writes: > > And did King Priam of Troy (my 75th ggf) really exist? Was his son > Helenus > > also > > called Paris as in the upcoming movie "Troy"? And Noah? When does real > > life end and myths and Bible stories take over. I am seriously > curious. > > As we learn in this "hobby", verifying and double verifying sources is > > important. Any thoughts?>> > > > > > > Yes, King Priam and Troy really existed. Once they were thought of as > part > > of Homer's stories until the site of the city was discovered. We have > > > archaeological proof of the city, and also the "massive burning of the > city" which > > gives direct correlation to the story of the Trojan horse. There are > also sites > > where ships were sunken, giving more support of the fleet involved. > Was > > EVERYTHING in Homer true? Of course not. Just like the Bible books. > It's a > > story, to teach, to amuse. Are there shreds of truth in some of what > is written. > > Yes. Does it make everything true? <G> Nope. Just like a lot of > mistaken > > websites out there. > > > > PS--I don't know if the movie Troy is based on history or what Homer > wrote. > > But I'm eager to see it. It certainly looks more historically > accurate than > > the Troy movie on cable recently. Having soldiers dressed in Roman > uniforms > > is just too much of a stretch. > > > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > ______________________________ > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237