Somos el homo sapiens porque somos el homo narrans. Nuestra naturaleza es la narración.note
—José María Merino, El narrador narrado.
It's a common belief among storytellers that storytelling is the most important facet of humanity, which is a very understandable bias for us to have. And, while branding it the absolute pinnacle of human nature might be a bit indulgent, there's something something dizzyingly awe-inspiring about the endless chain of tales and legends that links us through a hundred thousand years of forgotten names and vanished lives. Our roots run deep and dark through the forgotten places of history - stories so old we don't even realize how old they are.
—Red, Overly Sarcastic Productions (Legends Summarized: The Epic of Gilgamesh).
