Historical Myths And Legends Get Debunked When Twitter Users Realize They May Have Just Been A Product Of Poor Eyesight

People often seem to forget that there was a time in our world where glasses were still non-existent, which could be an explanation to the historical myths and legends passed through word of mouth in the past.

Sophia

• Published in Funny
• November 9, 2021

For some of us who weren't blessed with the perfect 20/20 eyesight, life can be hard. People we know aren't even recognizable anymore, even when they are just a few feet away, and some of us can't even function anymore without our glasses placed on the bridges of our nose!

Come to think of it, poor eyesight does distort our vision, and people may have never known the real thing they saw especially when they had no eyeglasses to confirm. In the past, there certainly was a long period of time that glasses were not invented to aid our eyes yet—a period long enough for people to come up fantastical explanations of magical creatures and happenings that *may have been* birthed because of poor eyesight.

While there are certainly wonders in our world that seem unreal when told, people on the Internet have started to realize that most historical myths and legends may have been a result of poor eyesight and non-existent access to glasses in the past, as pointed out by TikToker @ShowerThoughtsWMike.

This got the Twitter world on a mission to speculate around this thought, and raise some valid points for questionable myths that have been going around for centuries now. But who's to say what's real and what's not?

Check out these funny, thought-provoking, weirdly-has-a-valid-point tweets about historical myths that could lead you to wonder if they were actually real or just a product of someone's sucky eyesight!

1. If that's the case, then let's say we should be thankful that the pharaoh saw their potential!

2. Who even let him spread the word in the first place? Talk about things going overboard! Pun intended.

3. File this under badly described animals and we're good.

4. Eyesight so doomed, humans and animals got fused together.

6. Wait, are they not?

6. With the alarming number of Zeus's flings, this honestly wouldn't be a surprise.

7. This is what happens when poor eyesight gets mixed with a rowdy imagination.

8. Maybe Medusa was just *THAT* mesmerizing it turned people frozen.

9. Can't blame people for romanticizing these creatures, though.

10. Not even sure about anything anymore!

11. Let's all breathe a sigh of relief. *Phew!*

12. This one definitely takes the cake!

13. This will get you to think—does poor eyesight equal to seeing the magical side of things?

14. Back with the human-horse fusion again. Welp.

15. If that's a demon, that's a demon.

16. But why were they obsessed with the spawn of animals and humans, though?

17. Angels aren't even the nice little baby faces that our civilization made them out to be!

18. They went from this, to concluding that mermaids were beautiful women with long, lustrous locks? (Sorry, manatees.)

19. When women did something a *LITTLE* bit more than ordinary, they were automatically tagged as witches so...

20. No, that's a premium giraffe.

21. Lighting is actually history's biggest enemy. Kidding!

22. That's the ultimate dream, though.

23. Maybe they heard it before they discovered lions?

24. Indeed, a fun fact!

25. If people around me couldn't see clearly, I'd fool them to think I could walk on water, too.

26. Guess he didn't shut up, though!

What myth or legend do you think was just caused by someone who sucked at using their eyes? Come to think of it—mythical creatures are actually quite more funny than intimidating when you think of how they could have originated into existence.

Which one was your favorite post? Comment it down, or share this article with your family and friends, and let them ponder with you!

Sophia