Comments on: Winston Churchill is a Myth? http://www.boilbeforedrinking.com/2008/02/winston-churchill-is-a-myth.html Watching... Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:33:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Ninja Man: With Ninja Powers! http://www.boilbeforedrinking.com/2008/02/winston-churchill-is-a-myth.html#comment-83 Ninja Man: With Ninja Powers! Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:20:00 +0000 http://boilbeforedrinking.com/222/winston-churchill-is-a-myth/#comment-83 Well, it depends on your understanding of "myth", if you understand to mean "unreal" than clearly Churchhill existed and it seems odd.<br/><br/>However, if you understand "myth" as cultural narrative, than the man we speak of, idealize, and so MYTHOLOGIZE as Winston Churchill is an after the fact creation of history.<br/><br/>The "real" Churchill vs the "mythic" Churchill are two very different characters indeed. Well, it depends on your understanding of “myth”, if you understand to mean “unreal” than clearly Churchhill existed and it seems odd.

However, if you understand “myth” as cultural narrative, than the man we speak of, idealize, and so MYTHOLOGIZE as Winston Churchill is an after the fact creation of history.

The “real” Churchill vs the “mythic” Churchill are two very different characters indeed.

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