"It singularly happens that the Sagas of the ancient Indians are preserved to us in much fuller measure than their authentic history, which is scanty enough. Moreover to them their Sagas served as actual statements of facts, so that we can neither form a right conception of their mind, nor arrive at any knowledge of their history, without studying their Sagas."
Lassen, "Pref. to Ind. Alterthumskunde," p. vii.
"The Mongol is candid and credulous as an infant, and passionately loves to listen to marvellous myths and tales."
Huc, "Travels in China and Tibet," vol. ii. ch. xii.
