[lidya-sggf]

I don't worry about real or not, since there's no way to know. I worry about the *purpose* of learning about them, what the stories are meant to convey about our own lives. Such as devas that are still subject to dukkha because their lives eventually end and they are in denial. I take this to mean that even if we find bliss in life, if we haven't accepted reality as it is including that we will die, we're still subject to suffering. We're still delusional on some level, not entirely free.