Taras Bulba?

[Mat]

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Nevertheless, quite interesting; I had always assumed that there was someone named as taras bulba in the history..

My explanation is;
1- "taras bulba" has either slipped through Carla's mind,
2- or Ra had 2 options to refer to the person; they would either use his real name (which would not be appropriate because his real name was not known/famous or recorded by history, and if Ra gave taras bulba's real identity/name and at the same time reveal that he was taras bulba then it might have been an infringement on free will) or use the name invented by Gogol while writing his famous "Taras Bulba". It seems that most probably there was someone in the history who did what taras bulba did: "The main character іs based on several historical personalities, and other characters are not аs exaggerated or grotesque as was common in Gogol's later fiction":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taras_Bulba
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taras_Bulb..._character

Thank you Dreamliner. Both options seem plausible. I guess its key to understanding that its not like a maths equation - at a fundamental level there must be doubt and uncertainty. I just found this particular instance hard to make sense of, even with the inherent confusion

Thanks again,

Mat