[Though they have had some pretty solid PR since the 60's. Hell, the trend of the Arcana using saint names for their family names was a very deliberate PR move to feel more familiar to a human race that was still shitting its pants over magic being real.]
Most of folklore and mythology is just an extreme game of telephone. One human sees an Atlantean aspect that takes the form of a burning bush, the story gets twisted in retellings, and suddenly it's part of the Biblical narrative. Historically, when humans didn't understand something, they came up with some story to explain it and that became their myths. Encounters with magic and monsters tended to fall under that umbrella.
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[Though they have had some pretty solid PR since the 60's. Hell, the trend of the Arcana using saint names for their family names was a very deliberate PR move to feel more familiar to a human race that was still shitting its pants over magic being real.]
Most of folklore and mythology is just an extreme game of telephone. One human sees an Atlantean aspect that takes the form of a burning bush, the story gets twisted in retellings, and suddenly it's part of the Biblical narrative. Historically, when humans didn't understand something, they came up with some story to explain it and that became their myths. Encounters with magic and monsters tended to fall under that umbrella.