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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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    Through exchanging stories with other storytellers, stories changed, making it difficult to trace the origins of many stories. In the 1800s, Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm collected and published stories that had been told orally in Germany. They did not publish them as they found them, however, but edited them per their own values.

  4. Seumas MacManus - Wikipedia

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    In one book he encourages the reader to read the stories aloud and to others. "These tales were made not for reading, but for telling. They were made and told for the passing of long nights, for the shortening of weary journeys, for entertaining of traveler-guests, for brightening of cabin hearths. Be not content with reading them ...

  5. Indigenous storytelling in North America - Wikipedia

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    Storytelling falls under the umbrella of broader oral traditions and can take either the form of oral history or oral tradition. [9] The difference between the two is that oral history tells the stories that occurred in the teller's own life while oral traditions are passed down through generations and reflect histories beyond the living memory of the tribal members. [9]

  6. The Sparrow's Lost Bean - Wikipedia

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    The minister called the captain right away and said, "Do whatever the sparrow says or you are in trouble." The captain then called the soldier and gave him explicit orders. The soldier, in turn, found the carpenter and told him, "Find the sparrow's bean or I will hang you from this bridge itself."

  7. 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 ...

  8. Aladdin - Wikipedia

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    Aladdin: Master of the Lamp (1992), edited by Mike Resnick and Martin H. Greenberg, is an anthology containing 43 original short stories inspired by the tale. "The Nobility of Faith" by Jonathan Clements , in the anthology Doctor Who Short Trips: The Ghosts of Christmas (2007), is a retelling of the Aladdin story in the style of the Arabian ...

  9. This fact is at odds with modern critiques of fairy tales; that "Happily ever after" often involves a man saving a helpless woman; that Disney princesses and their Grimm-penned counterparts are tame and silent compared with their princely other halves; that the stories embrace violence but never mention the more feminine grittiness of pregnancy ...

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