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national identities can never be true or genuine, since they were created as a consequence of the national romanticism in the 19th century. j.g. herder and amateur ethnologists like the brothers grimm were the forerunners for this new "religion" that eventually led to a political ideology. i'm thus not indicating that a nation's folklore, traditions etcetera can't be genuine, i'm just saying that the concept 'national identity' is constructed.