History often resembles myth, because they are both ultimately of the same stuff.

“You call a tree a tree, he said, and you think nothing more of the word. But it…”

“They seem a bit above my likes and dislikes, so to speak," answered Sam slowly.…”

“But I don't think I ought to leave my friends like this, after all we have gone…”

“Frodo: If you ask it of me, I will give you the One Ring.”