Nov 20, 2021
I completely agree that myths like these are believed because they seem to express a greater truth. Yet it matters that they’re myths. If their believers truly believed what they showed was only human nature, they would not damn anyone, because they would know it is their own nature too.
You may want to do some more reading about European history. GoT is based on it in the same way Cinderella is. My memory is that Barbara Tuchman’s both very good and very readable.