That's what people do when they don't know anything. They make up stories, because the idea of not knowing the truth frustrates them so much! It's wonderful, isn't it?

[ She laughs. It's a cackle, high and amused and thoroughly unpleasant. ]

I am the Golden Witch that haunted Rokkenjima. All there was to be said about me was unpleasant. All the stories about me were whispered. Why should it bother me?