In history you read about elves, fairies, little people, spirits. It was an accepted part of reality.
But now that’s obvious nonsense and if you see fairies then you need a doctor.
Are we insane now?
Yes I know, nutrition, literacy and the scientific enlightenment. But still.
I think they actually saw the stuff. Myths came after that.
I actually think we might be seeing differently now.
I hear that it was more common to see the little people in times of starvation. And now we don’t starve. So that’s something to consider
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20531059/
absolutely perfect response