InsaneRabbitDaddy t1_j0p1ypm wrote on December 18, 2022 at 9:56 AM

Reply to comment by claudiusfoughtawhale in How do countries that lack long, ancient histories and myths (or feel they lack it), or have lost all records of them, compensate for this loss or absence? Can these invented ancient myths become as "legitimate" as the truly old histories/myths of countries that have them? by raori921

The War of 1812, and the Avro Arrow are two historical events that have obtained mythical proportions in the Canadian psyche.

claudiusfoughtawhale t1_j11aeym wrote on December 20, 2022 at 10:59 PM

Yup. My Dad grew up in the area that the Riel Rebellion was fought in, and so those stories were a big part of their history growing up, while for me living in a different part of the country it was just one short unit we studied one year. It's a big country, so I'm sure there are lots of regional 'myths' as well.