Well of course we are. That's how the mortals share knowledge with each other about the world, and about the Gods, and all sorts of things, through myths and legends, right? [He's taking the ancient Greek meaning of 'story', or 'saga', here. Surely Aziraphale couldn't be implying that Zagreus is, in fact, not real. He's clearly right here!]
Regardless of whether they're written down or passed on by bards, they're still important. It's nice that everyone can share the same story, though, as it was first told. Makes for a lot less mistakes in the storytelling, I'd wager.
Oh, so he's a God himself? Or is he a demigod, like Heracles? [Sorry for the blasphemy, Aziraphale buddy, he legitimately doesn't know.] And 1582 is... after BC? [It's honestly hard to wrap his mind around, two millennia of human development, how much they've changed, how far things must have come.] So the humans were using the wrong calendar for... [Quick math] nearly 1,630 years? How did this Father Gregory bloke figure out Lord Caesar's calendar was wrong?
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Regardless of whether they're written down or passed on by bards, they're still important. It's nice that everyone can share the same story, though, as it was first told. Makes for a lot less mistakes in the storytelling, I'd wager.
Oh, so he's a God himself? Or is he a demigod, like Heracles? [Sorry for the blasphemy, Aziraphale buddy, he legitimately doesn't know.] And 1582 is... after BC? [It's honestly hard to wrap his mind around, two millennia of human development, how much they've changed, how far things must have come.] So the humans were using the wrong calendar for... [Quick math] nearly 1,630 years? How did this Father Gregory bloke figure out Lord Caesar's calendar was wrong?