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 ______________________________