What is the historical value of myths and legends?

1. Myths and legends are the precious spiritual wealth of a nation and a country, which plays a very important role in the history of literature. Its theme content and various mythical figures have had many influences on the literary creation and the formation of national epics in previous dynasties, providing rich themes for the creation of later generations;

2. Myth has rich aesthetic value and historical value. Myth is closely related to ancient life and history, and it is an important document to study the marriage and family system, primitive religion and customs of early human society.

3. As a form of folk literature, myth is an imaginative story created by ancient people to reflect nature, the relationship between man and nature and social formation, which is of great historical significance to the study of early human ideological system.