We all have our demons, we all have our dark pasts. And we all have our pain and suffering. There are those who belive that you can put a bandage on it. But they fail to realize, or care, that there are some hurts that can never be healed.
Folklore. Often described as the various stories that a culture passes down from generation to generation with the intent of entraining, or teaching. But the thing about folkloric stories is that they are often based on a grain of truth.