Talk:The Tale of the Heike
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I would like to know who started this book
[edit] Author?
As far as I am aware, it is an anonymous work, an epic and classical piece not unlike Beowulf, the Bible, or the Odyssey & Iliad (many believe that Homer was a pseudonym, or even a group of people, not a single individual). Much like, to take an example, the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm, the Tale of the Heike was passed down orally through many generations before it was set down into a permanent written/painted form. So, even if we did know who wrote it the first time - and this may or may not be known, I'm not sure - it barely even matters. Whoever it was simply wrote down what he heard or knew, the story that had been passed down for hundreds of years.
LordAmeth 03:34, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
