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  2. Oral tradition - Wikipedia

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    A traditional Kyrgyz manaschi performing part of the Epic of Manas at a yurt camp in Karakol. Oral tradition, or oral lore, is a form of human communication in which knowledge, art, ideas and culture are received, preserved, and transmitted orally from one generation to another.

  3. Oral storytelling - Wikipedia

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    An Indian traditional oral storyteller Dastangoi artist reciting the "Dastan" Early storytelling probably originated in simple chants. [4] For example, people may have sung chants as they worked at grinding corn or sharpening tools. Our early ancestors created myths to explain natural occurrences.

  4. Storytelling - Wikipedia

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    The meaning within the stories is not always explicit, and children are expected to make their own meaning of the stories. In the Lakota Tribe of North America, for example, young girls are often told the story of the White Buffalo Calf Woman , who is a spiritual figure that protects young girls from the whims of men.

  5. Traditional story - Wikipedia

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    Other tall tales are completely fictional tales set in a familiar setting, such as the European countryside, the American Old West, the Canadian Northwest, or the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. Tall tales are often told so as to make the narrator seem to have been a part of the story. They are usually humorous or good-natured. The line ...

  6. Folklore - Wikipedia

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    Another traditional narrative marker in English is the framing of a fairy tale between the phrases "Once upon a time" and "They all lived happily ever after." Many languages have similar phrases which are used to frame a traditional tale. Each of these linguistic formulas removes the bracketed text from ordinary discourse, and marks it as a ...

  7. On the other hand, the women in the tales who do speak up are framed as wicked. Cinderella's stepsisters' language is decidedly more declarative than hers, and the woman at the center of the tale "The Lazy Spinner" is a slothful character who, to the Grimms' apparent chagrin, is "always ready with her tongue."

  8. Oral literature - Wikipedia

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    Pre-literate societies, by definition, have no written literature, but may possess rich and varied oral traditions—such as folk epics, folk narratives (including fairy tales and fables), folk drama, proverbs and folksongs—that effectively constitute an oral literature.

  9. Read about the historical, hysterical tales told at Oak Ridge ...

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    The all-Black Women's Army Corp (WAC) Battalion, the true "poor" people, and the used boots, coffee and coffin store were among the tales told. Read about the historical, hysterical tales told at ...