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- Oral tradition, oral culture and oral lore is a way for a society to transmit history, literature, law and other knowledges across generations ...37 KB (5,197 words) - 21:57, 31 August 2025
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- the Imperial genealogy and the existing oral traditions concerning aristocratic ... Kojiki consisted of two parts; the genealogy of the Emperor, and oral ...10 KB (1,530 words) - 22:23, 3 March 2025
- binding texts in classical rabbinic literature, which are primarily of ... ==Part of the Jewish oral law== The Haggadah is part of Judaism's ...13 KB (1,890 words) - 22:16, 21 June 2024
- ==Banshees in literature and popular culture== When the oral narratives were first translated into English, a distinction ...8 KB (1,320 words) - 07:29, 20 September 2023
- , is the first written recording of the Oral Law of the Jewish people. ... century, there was real fear that the oral tradition might be lost to ...14 KB (2,199 words) - 08:17, 23 January 2025
- Rabbinic literature, in the broadest sense, can mean the entire spectrum ... This article discusses rabbinic literature in both senses. It begins ...11 KB (1,477 words) - 17:44, 30 April 2026
- the most perfect short novels in world literature." ... Many see Hrafnkels saga as a prime example of accurately preserved ...18 KB (2,974 words) - 08:13, 19 July 2024
- by an unknown author from a collection of oral stories composed and recited ... The story of the Heike Monogatari was compiled from a collection of ...10 KB (1,591 words) - 17:35, 30 April 2023
- With respect to literature, Bede is known primarily for two reasons ... scripture. He was proficient in Church literature as well as the classics ...12 KB (1,884 words) - 10:20, 26 September 2023
- Hashanah. Karaite Jews, who do not recognize Jewish oral law and rely solely on Biblical authority, observe only one day on the first of Tishrei. ...12 KB (1,866 words) - 19:18, 16 December 2022
- Oral tradition, oral culture and oral lore is a way for a society to transmit history, literature, law and other knowledges across generations ...37 KB (5,197 words) - 21:57, 31 August 2025
- about specific gods. In Hindu religious literature, the designation "Purana ... date to an earlier period, deriving from oral tradition. ...11 KB (1,583 words) - 12:49, 30 April 2026
- *Belief that there is also an Oral Law, the authoritative interpretation ... believing that both the Written Law and the Oral Torah must not be rejected ...17 KB (2,513 words) - 11:19, 1 September 2025
- Guanzhong, which incorporated material from oral legends, Tang poetry, and ... material in Sanguo Zhi Zhu, together with oral legends and material from ...11 KB (1,692 words) - 16:43, 20 May 2026
- Conquest of 1066. Almost all of the literature of this period was orally ... all of these texts can be fairly called literature, but those that can present ...17 KB (2,716 words) - 06:00, 28 July 2023
- and these verse forms comprise a familiar oral tradition. A ballad usually ... the ballad served to carry on a living oral tradition. As a vehicle of ...9 KB (1,452 words) - 05:56, 26 August 2023
- are often used interchangeably in classical literature. ... Iliad and the Odyssey to be the oldest literature in the Greek language ...19 KB (2,841 words) - 16:00, 28 November 2024
- preserved in the Talmudic and midrashic literature relating to Judah's ... not only the Written Law but also an Oral Law, both of which were revealed ...16 KB (2,573 words) - 08:34, 12 May 2024
- various sources employed include folk literature, inscriptions, historical ... became the fountainhead of the Vachana literature used as the vector to propagate ...19 KB (2,752 words) - 23:56, 11 March 2025
- occasions and events. See "Pali oral literature," in Buddhist Studies ... the monks responsible for recording the oral tradition felt that there ...14 KB (1,967 words) - 04:47, 14 June 2023
- law, as found in the Pentateuch, and oral law, encompassing the entire ... or as direct dictation together with the Oral Torah. Rabbinic writings ...24 KB (3,856 words) - 04:01, 1 May 2023
