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Does this trope cover the story arc where the hero hears stories of a fantastic person who does what he does, but with incredible proficiency (it need not be a positive or useful trait, e.g. a lazy person hears legends of a formidable lethargic person who even spoke wisecracks to kings while trying to get them to stop disturbing their sleep — Diogenes and Alexander the Great come to mind), only to find out the legends were actually about him, perhaps amplified and distorted through hearsay and Chinese whispers, aided by some [[TheKillerInMe amnesia]])?
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Does this trope cover the story arc where the hero hears stories of a fantastic person who does what he does, but with incredible proficiency (it need not be a positive or useful trait, e.g. a lazy person hears legends of a formidable lethargic person who even spoke wisecracks to kings while trying to get them to stop disturbing their sleep — [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogenes_and_Alexander Diogenes and Alexander the Great]] come to mind), only to find out the legends were actually about him, perhaps amplified and distorted through hearsay and Chinese whispers, aided by some [[TheKillerInMe amnesia]])?
