"I believe that legends and myths are largely made of 'truth', and indeed present aspects of it that can only be received in this mode; and long ago certain truths and modes of this kind were discovered and must always reappear. There cannot be any 'story' without a fall - all stories are ultimately about the fall - at least not for human minds as we know them and have them. " (c) J.R.R.Tolkien
Здесь Профессор копнул очень глубоко, быть может, глубже, чем мы можем понять. Но, действительно, почему в человеческом понимании любые истории - это истории Падения?