Talk:Origin story

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[edit] Proposed Merge

To whom it may concern... I'm a relatively new Wikipedian, but noticed a similarity in the origin and pourqoui story pages when editing Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears. IMHO, they ought to be merged as they are describing essentially the same thing. Although no expert, I have heard the terms used interchangeably in educational/mythological contexts. -- ADGreen 23:33, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

They're similar, but an origin story and a pourquoi story are different from each other. The latter are invented or pretend to explain something in the real world, but the former are the backstory (sometimes crafted first) of a fictional character. - JasonAQuest (talk) 21:14, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Non Comic book series with origins

Tarzan probably serves as the most prominent non-comic book protagonist with an origin. Remo Williams Other Pinnacle series 11:50, 11 May 2008 (UTC)Enda80