Is Dayu's flood control a fairy tale or a folk story?

Judging from the stories circulating, Dayu's water control is indeed such a thing, and he did exist, but there is no historical record, which means that it is only word of mouth at present. Without historical record, if it is only word of mouth, then there will be a phenomenon, that is, it will be more and more deified, and in the end it will be the version we heard, so many people will mistake it for it after seeing it. I think this matter has been deified for the following reasons:

1, Dayu is a hero

If you just listen to a story, you may feel very simple, but if there was a flood at that time, in ancient times when technology was not very developed, the scene at that time might be really dangerous, and it was thrilling that Dayu could lead everyone to control the flood himself, which showed that he was also quite powerful, so many people would regard him as a hero worship, so he would become more and more a hero.

Dayu did many touching things.

I believe everyone may have heard the story that Dayu didn't enter the house. In fact, I personally think it is possible that this situation really happened. This is because if Dayu went home every time during the flood fighting, it might not have a good influence, but it happened that the story was very touching, so later generations recorded Dayu's behavior.

3. Be an emperor.

As we all know, Shundi finally passed the throne to Dayu. In fact, there was a tradition in ancient China, that is, every emperor wanted to live forever, so the heavy rain may have this idea, so it may contribute to the spread of his legendary story, so it was gradually deified. However, because of this behavior, Dayu saved many people and really became a mythical figure.