myth

For Mr Crory, tales of puffins once breeding on the Isle of Muck "felt more like folklore", but the myth is now becoming a reality.

It is an origin story, but also a systematic demolishing of creation myths, if any still survive.

The operation, dubbed "Midas" -- after the king from Greek myths who turned everything he touches into gold -- led to several arrests.

The myth had begun early on, which can sometimes perpetuate itself.

Researchers have traced long-standing myths about the rapid spread of the Black Death across Asia to a single source from the fourteenth century.