The following is an article from the book Uncle Jo... ...rthur a real person, or is he purely the stuff of legend ? Either way, he makes for a good story. TABLE... ...the most popular tales of chivalry are the Welsh legends of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table... ...his own details to fill in...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/06/25/the-legend-of-king-arthur/(YouTube link) The moral of the story is: if you are going to sail off the coast of Wales on December 5th, you may want to change your name to Hugh Williams. But is this a true story? Any records from these incidences...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/12/05/the-strangest-coincidence-ever-recorded/
History is full of hoaxes, and that includes people who aren't really people. These "people" are handy, because they can be used as sources, they can be quoted, and they can be blamed. Because they don't exist, they won'...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/02/09/top-10-famous-people-who-didnt-actually-exist/
Santa Claus came about when the story of the S... ...y of the St. Nicholas of Myra was melded with the legend of Odin. The image was refined by poetry, illustr...
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/12/19/the-history-of-santa-claus/
You've heard the story of the Pied Piper, who lure... ...rid of the rats. There's a real story behind the legend , and the town of Hamelin, Germany lives with the...
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/07/02/33048/
The native Maori of New Zealand tell of a giant man-eating bird called Te Hokioi. Now scientists have identified a real bird that fits the description. Haast’s Eagle has been extinct for only 500 years, and may be the...
http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/16/legendary-man-eating-bird/
