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There were a couple of conflicts in the story regarding tradition.

Tom wanted to bury the atlatl he found, while Myra wanted to use it to prevent construction. Later, he came to change his mind, but it was too late due to the destruction of the atlatl.

Myra thought that legends hold more significant than real data, in oppose to Sergei.

Who do you think was right in both cases? What matters most, legends or data?

That's a tough question. I think legends/traditions have their place but so does data. There's probably some elusive happy medium (like all of life) between the two.

Data and legends should work to complement each other since the legends have reasons backing them some sound others not

Coming from a culture rich in traditions passed down verbally, I tend to find be on the side of legends more so than data. However, I agree with those that answered before me, in that there is likely a happy medium allowing the two to compliment each other.

I think that they are both equally important. Traditions are important because they are part of who you are or your family are. At the same time, without data, we wouldn't know about many traditions.

I agree with you that both are important.

Both are important and sometimes the evidence to support a legend's true existence has been buried so deep it has just not been discovered yet.

jwalker73 wrote:Both are important and sometimes the evidence to support a legend's true existence has been buried so deep it has just not been discovered yet.

I agree with you. Both are important to have.

I tend to err more on the side of data, though I understand the significance of legends as it forms the basis of a people's culture, sometimes, their origin as well. But I think the facts generally speak more for themselves.

Both are important and it's great when the data supports the legend. It can help truth be known.

Vickie Noel wrote:I tend to err more on the side of data, though I understand the significance of legends as it forms the basis of a people's culture, sometimes, their origin as well. But I think the facts generally speak more for themselves.

I can agree with you that facts and physical data can pretty much speak for themselves, but I still tend to lean more towards legends as being more significant in terms of knowing where you came from. To some, those stories of creation, legends of warriors, and various rituals and such, are all that's truly left after war and violence and even weather. Those are our links to preserve, even if we can't put them in a museum.

I feel that there both should be important, but one should not become primary. Facts, without legends, would be too dull and legends without facts just do not work.

The two compliment to each other but mostly data should work with legends

Both are important but I would give a little more preference to data while not completely ignoring the importance of legends.

walter7 wrote:The two compliment to each other but mostly data should work with legends

The two definitely do compliment one another that's why both are needed.