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Dean Anderson asked this question about The Lord of the Rings:
Is "History became legend. Legend became myth" from the books or did they add it for the movie? If it's in the books, can someone give me a page number; I don't see it. “And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth. And for two and a half thousand years, the ring passed out of all knowledge.”
David Winkle I am pretty sure the line is not in the books, though they do touch on that theme:

"Mad Baggins, who used to vanish with a bang and a flash and reappea…moreI am pretty sure the line is not in the books, though they do touch on that theme:

"Mad Baggins, who used to vanish with a bang and a flash and reappear with bags of jewels and gold, became a favorite character of legend and lived on long after all the true events were forgotten."

It reminds me of the opening paragraph of the Wheel of Time, published in 1990:

"The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again."(less)
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