@smk Sidespor til motivet, den gæliske urdigter Ossian —"James Macpherson claimed that Ossian was based on an ancient Gaelic manuscript. There was just one problem. The existence of this manuscript was never established.[…] A huge (and probably excessive) backlash ensued, and conventional wisdom today brands Ossian as one of the great forgeries of history."https://sacred-texts.com/neu/ossian/index.htm