HockeySam18 writes: I do believe it fits the criteria. Though technically a legend, most medieval legends are rooted in factual events (King Arthur for example, who is widely accepted to either be a Roman auxiliary commander or a Briton chieftain who defended his land against the Saxons and Angles). If a story is timeless and important enough that it spreads across cultures (Tristan and Iseult was popular enough that it spread from Crusader minstrels to Ayyubid courtiers during the 12th century, and you can find similar continuities in several other stories such as Norse Sagas and Greek epics), then it surely carries some weight, despite unavoidable exaggerations. Likewise, even the biblical story of the Great Flood is present in nearly every culture across the globe and developed independently among those cultures, so there surely must be some truth to it. Great epics like the Iliad and Aeneid have also been rooted in truth.
So in short, yes. It is only one scenario, right?
So in short, yes. It is only one scenario, right?