V. LEGENDS ON THE WEIGHING OF SOULS: I. Subject common to the legends of this cycle

I95 resorted to transcribing roughly the Arabic terms. Thus, while Ago appears to be derived from Haguia, Asiro is clearly copied from Asair, and Gena from Gehenam.'

I. Th.roughout a whole cycle of legends, which D'Ancona groups with the political legends, there recurs a scene the immediate, though not remote, origin of which is Islamic. The protagonists of these legends are the Emperors Charlemagne and Henry III., and King Rudolph of Burgundy.