History and Fairy tale
By Udin Wardoyo
@udinwardoyo (256)
Indonesia
September 21, 2020 1:32am CST
Anyone know, what is the difference between history and fairy tales?
Because here the two are mixed. An exampel In my history, the founder of the Mataram kingdom was Raden Sutawijaya. He was The first King of Mataram (1587-1601) Then it is told that he was married with Nyi Roro Kidul, the Queen of the South Sea. The problem is that this Queen is not human. It doesn't make sense for humans to marry non-humans. The above is just an example. There are many similar stories here. I know, fairy tales are spread all over the world. But history which is then Linked, mixed, in fairy tales. How about in your country?
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@udinwardoyo (256)
• Indonesia
21 Sep 20
the problem is, when people believe in a fairy tale as reality..
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@mochang (574)
• Philippines
21 Sep 20
@udinwardoyo some do. Though it's quite fun to imagine those thing being the reality.
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@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
21 Sep 20
Fairy tales are a myth and nothing in real
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@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
21 Sep 20
@udinwardoyo anything related to history would definitely have some proof.
@udinwardoyo (256)
• Indonesia
21 Sep 20
The question later: How can we know something categorized as historical or fairy tale if both of them have no sufficient evidence?
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@udinwardoyo (256)
• Indonesia
21 Sep 20
@amitkokiladitya: except for contemporary history, because it is still heavily influenced by politics. So evidence can be subjective.
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@udinwardoyo (256)
• Indonesia
21 Sep 20
@maluse It's not exactly like that. In history lesson there is no such story, but the story lives in the community, and some still believe it. Our society is very diverse, including in education.
@udinwardoyo (256)
• Indonesia
21 Sep 20
as long as that belief does not cause problems among the community, right sir?
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@erictsuma (9726)
• Mombasa, Kenya
21 Sep 20
History is all about true occurances or events that happen in the past but fairy tales are events that are too good to be true in short fairy tales are not true.
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@erictsuma (9726)
• Mombasa, Kenya
27 Sep 20
@JWMILLER Kenya is a tourist destination country with many tourist attraction area to visit and enjoy yourself.
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@udinwardoyo (256)
• Indonesia
21 Sep 20
Yes. But something real occured in the past, will become a fairy tale when there is no enough evident..
@piyushbhatia1 (11695)
• India
21 Sep 20
@udinwardoyo All fairy tales are fictional
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@udinwardoyo (256)
• Indonesia
21 Sep 20
@piyushbhatia1 I do agree. But when the facts from the past, which for some reason are not sufficiently evident, they can become mere fairy tales. And vice versa when a fairy tale is associated with a place, it may be asked as history.
@JWMILLER (3275)
• Westmoreland, Tennessee
22 Sep 20
@udinwardoyo l think that most fairy tales were meant to teach mortal kinds of lessons
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@udinwardoyo (256)
• Indonesia
23 Sep 20
@JWMILLER I do agree. For some kind of tale.
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@udinwardoyo (256)
• Indonesia
21 Sep 20
I do agree, @DianneN. But sometimes they merged, and it is not impossible that it was intentional
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@udinwardoyo (256)
• Indonesia
23 Sep 20
Even myself, I haven't visited many places in my homeland, Mr Miller. But take it easy, Imanuel Kant has never traveled more than 30 km from his house..
@HannahKusKus (4025)
• Semarang, Indonesia
22 Sep 20
i think our anchestor make their own story in the history. And it is closed to the myth. For those who believe maybe will trust. But for those who dont believe it just kind of story and fairy tale1 person likes this
@HannahKusKus (4025)
• Semarang, Indonesia
23 Sep 20
@udinwardoyo yes, it makes us curious. Maybe for the power purpose, to keep their heir
@udinwardoyo (256)
• Indonesia
22 Sep 20
@agusriyanto : just enjoy the game..hehehe.
Thanks for your response..
@Nikiiii (3)
• Karawang, Indonesia
20 Aug 21
History, is a real event or fact or has occurred in the past, with figures and places that can be verified. Fairy tale, whether fictitious or unreal or nonexistent in the past, are just the imagination of the author.
