Here lies William Trollope, Who made these stones roll up; When death took his soul up, His body filled this hole up

The first condition of immortality is death.

Legends are often destroyed by those in need of its stuff.

Witches admitted their relations with the devil. Our blood boils - how could they be forced to admit this when there is no devil. But reason tells us this is not true. The devil does exist and was in fact the inquisitor.

Men have slow reflexes. In general it takes several generations later for them to understand.

There are parodies of non-existent things.

Illiterates have to dictate.