In its legends, a people reveals the memory of its awakening historical consciousness. Unlike myths, which seek to give expression and voice to the mysterious forces of nature in the course of the world and in the human soul, legends are tied to the figures and movements of early history from which the earthly and spiritual life of the people has emerged, giving it its distinctiveness compared to other nations. For this reason, the myths of all peoples are fundamentally related, as they revolve around the eternally unchanging aspects of the world; in contrast, the legends of different nations vary greatly, depending on the unique historical experiences of their heroic eras. There, the poetry of tranquility and the recurrence of things touches the imagination; here, it is that of movement and the unique, unrepeatable. The legend now has.