This thesis investigated how the concepts of speech and history are present in the saussurian manuscripts on the Germanic legends. In order to emphasize the relationship between this material and the general linguistics courses taught at the University of Geneva, we carried out a theoretical trajectory that began in the 19th century with mythographic studies, going through the Saussure’s elaborations in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Through this itinerary and the analysis of the manuscripts, we conclude that not only speech and history are present in these documents, but also their importance in the transmission of the oral narrative.