▁Three ▁Sister s ' ▁legend ▁- ▁( K ato om ba ▁tribe ▁Story ▁ 2 ) ▁ ▁Dr ▁Martin ▁Thomas ▁states ▁in ▁his ▁book , ▁' The ▁Art ific ial ▁Hor izon : ▁Im ag ining ▁the ▁Blue ▁Mountains ' ▁that ▁when ▁he ▁began ▁research ing ▁the ▁Blue ▁Mountains , ▁he ▁discovered ▁compet ing ▁narr atives , ▁so ▁he ▁felt ▁that ▁in ▁writing ▁an ▁histor ically ▁inspired ▁work , ▁it ▁was ▁his ▁job ▁to ▁suggest , ▁e voke ▁and ▁play ▁with ▁narr ative ▁as ▁much ▁as ▁just ▁telling ▁it ▁ ▁Dr ▁Martin ▁Thomas ▁points ▁out ▁that ; ▁" M yth s ▁pose ▁particular ▁problems ▁for ▁traditional ▁histor ians , ▁who ▁see ▁their ▁work ▁as ▁being ▁about ▁facts ▁and ▁replacing ▁myth s ▁with ▁truth ▁or ▁scientific ▁history ." ▁Dr ▁Martin ▁Thomas ▁does ▁not ▁share ▁that ▁view ▁and ▁states ▁that ▁" my th ▁per me ates ▁society ▁and ▁we ▁should ▁think ▁cre atively ▁about ▁myth ▁and ▁eng age ▁with ▁it " '' ▁ ▁Ex c ited ▁by ▁myth s ▁that ▁offer ▁prospect s ▁of ▁opening ▁rather ▁than ▁closure , ▁Dr ▁Martin ▁Thomas ▁refers ▁to ▁an ▁ancient ▁Blue ▁Mountains ▁myth ▁collected ▁by ▁Robert ▁Hamilton ▁Matt he ws ▁( R . ▁H . ▁Mat he ws ), ▁who ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 3 ▁started ▁collect ing ▁data ▁on ▁Ab original ▁soci eties . ▁Robert ▁Hamilton ▁Matt he ws ▁documented ▁an ▁Ab original ▁story ▁of ▁creation ▁that ▁effectively ▁maps ▁the ▁local ▁landscape ▁ ▁Dr ▁Martin ▁Thomas ▁says ▁to ▁compare ▁Robert ▁Hamilton ▁Matt he ws ▁' A bor