The Lord of the Bible?

[The Saucepan Man]

Originally Posted by Fea

But what is a story but the artistic conveyance of an idea? And what is an idea conveyed as such but some veiled form of truth that the author finds important enough to share in such a way?

Ah, but it does not follow that what the author intends to convey is indeed the "truth".

Consider Mein Kampf.

Bad example, perhaps, because it was not intended as a work of fiction, but you get the point.