Bohr R epeat something often enough, and whether it is true or not it can transcend the gap between idea to fact. Myths are sacred stories, histories are secular stories. Myth is poetry by nature, whereas the nature of history is prose. Poetry implies, prose explains.
Poetry points to metaphor.
History is rooted in fact. A metaphor is a difficult concept for a culture nurtured on prose to grasp. Like a soap bubble it must be beheld, it cannot be held. Or, like a door, it opens up to what is beyond. If you see with the mind's eye the door opens into perception.