Story vs History In Spanish we use the same word 'historia' referring to both story or history. The context gives you the meaning. In English 'history' is the description of past events based on facts

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Story vs History In Spanish we use the same word 'historia' referring to both story or history. The context gives you the meaning. In English 'history' is the description of past events based on facts coming from different sources and disciplines. On the other hand, a 'story' is the description of events, real or imaginary, for entertainment purposes. I can't even imagine the insane amount of work required to distinguish history from story. Specially, when a lot of descriptions of past events were verbally inherited through millenniums or centuries and written a posteriori. In this process can occur twisting of events, exaggeration, addition, or deletion of imaginary or cultural elements. All these changes turn this source of information into historical fiction. Thanks in advance.

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Story vs History

In Spanish we use the same word 'historia' referring to both story or history. The context gives you the meaning. In English 'history' is the description of past events based on facts coming from different sources and disciplines. On the other hand, a 'story' is the description of events, real or imaginary, for entertainment purposes.

I can't even imagine the insane amount of work required to distinguish history from story. Specially, when a lot of descriptions of past events were verbally inherited through millenniums or centuries and written a posteriori. In this process can occur the twisting of events, exaggeration, addition, or deletion of imaginary or cultural elements can occur. All these changes turn this source of information into historical fiction.

Thanks in advance.

In my experience, I have not found this to be a problem. Especially since you can have a historical story. There are also words like 'legend' or 'tale' used to describe the culturally altered history you describe, whereas the word history is reserved generally for the strict study of factual events rather than vague interpretations.

Story vs History

In Spanish we use the same word 'historia' referring to refer to both story or and history. The context gives you the meaning. In English, 'history' is the description of past events based on facts coming from different sources and disciplines. On the other hand, a 'story' is the description of events, real or imaginary, for entertainment purposes.

I can't even imagine the insane amount of work required to distinguish history from story. Especially, when a lot of descriptions of past events were verbally inherited/passed down through over millenniums millennia or centuries and written (down) a posteriori/as an afterthought. In this process, the can occur twisting of events, exaggeration, addition, or deletion of imaginary or cultural elements can occur. All these changes turn this source of information into historical fiction.

Thanks in advance.

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Story vs History

In Spanish we use the same word 'historia' to refer to both story and history. The context gives you the meaning. In English 'history' is a description of past events based on facts coming from different sources and disciplines. On the other hand, a 'story' is a description of events, real or imaginary, for entertainment purposes.

I can't even imagine the insane amount of work required to distinguish history from story, especially when a lot of descriptions of past events were verbally inherited over millennia or centuries and written a posteriori. In this process, events can be twisted and cultural elements can be exaggerated, added, or deleted. All these things can change the source of information into historical fiction.

Thanks in advance.

Absolutely, I think there are some grey areas when trying to distinguish between facts and fiction when you have scattered and fragmented information. And of course, if you want precision in Spanish we also have "cuento", "leyenda", "fábula", etc. to refer to 'story'.

In your situation, I would think of "un cuento" or "un relato" as "story". And I would think of "la historia" as "history". That might help you separate them in your mind.

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