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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 (5,219 words) - 00:59, 18 November 2022
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- 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) - 17:38, 27 January 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
- 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) - 16:16, 7 December 2022
- the most perfect short novels in world literature." ... Many see Hrafnkels saga as a prime example of accurately preserved ...18 KB (2,992 words) - 01:26, 4 February 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 (5,219 words) - 00:59, 18 November 2022
- *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 (2,525 words) - 02:20, 18 November 2022
- about specific gods. In Hindu religious literature, the designation "Purana ... date to an earlier period, deriving from oral tradition. ...11 KB (1,583 words) - 23:49, 2 December 2022
- 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) - 01:45, 8 December 2022
- 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
- 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
- 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
- various sources employed include folk literature, inscriptions, historical ... became the fountainhead of the Vachana literature used as the vector to propagate ...20 KB (2,822 words) - 04:17, 29 October 2022
- 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
- that appears at the dawn of French literature. The earliest known examples ... These songs originated in the (largely pagan) oral tradition that ...21 KB (3,315 words) - 01:43, 4 December 2023
- attendance, while teaching a concept of an Oral Torah as well as a written ... what became known as Judaism's "Oral Law. This was eventually encoded ...21 KB (3,138 words) - 16:07, 7 December 2022
- including tales, music, dance, legends, oral history, proverbs, superstitions ... separate perspectives. Scholars of literature focus primarily on structure ...24 KB (3,693 words) - 06:15, 1 April 2024
- as scripture, and the rejection of the Oral Law (the Mishnah and the Talmud ... === Karaites and the Mishnah (Oral Law) === Solomon ben Jeroham (Salmon ...17 KB (2,623 words) - 07:10, 5 October 2022
- Although they have their own supplemental oral and scriptural tradition, ... * Anderson, Robert T., and Terry Giles. Tradition Kept: The Literature ...12 KB (1,793 words) - 22:25, 26 September 2023
- the Celtic Revival in British literature. Often considered to be ... city, where his father taught English Literature. It was in the school& ...9 KB (1,416 words) - 17:27, 12 February 2024
- myths, legends, and oral histories. Their oral literature reflects the transitional position of Atsugewi culture between central California, Northwest ...12 KB (1,758 words) - 18:13, 21 August 2023
- starting point of Japanese culture and literature. The poems date from between ... (in Yakamochi's time) of Chinese literature and poetics. Certainly ...10 KB (1,528 words) - 02:58, 6 November 2022
- history, Homer's influence on literature has been unequalled, and ... and the poems were passed on for decades by oral tradition before being committed ...27 KB (4,051 words) - 17:08, 14 November 2021
- law and is much quoted in other Jewish literature. first written compendium of Judaism's Oral Law; and the Gemara (c. 500 ...32 KB (4,820 words) - 03:57, 27 February 2023
- Buddhism. Today, the Institute of Ethnic Literature of the Republic of China ... proverbs from traditional Tibetan folk literature. Some Tibetan proverbs ...21 KB (3,483 words) - 19:06, 13 February 2024
- in history. Although knowledge of the literature of Caedmon's time ... as formulaic poet." In Oral literature: Seven essays. Ed. J ...20 KB (2,950 words) - 10:15, 25 November 2023
- texts, Rus-Byzantine treaties, and the oral accounts of Yan Vyshatich ... a prime example of the Old East Slavonic literature. No original copies remain; ...11 KB (1,577 words) - 03:56, 27 February 2023
- including tales, music, dance, legends, oral history, proverbs, jokes, ... by its colorful local bias. Stories and oral epics glorify local heroes ...32 KB (4,865 words) - 07:00, 5 September 2022
- is also a notable figure in Pan-African literature, as his Interesting Narrative ... a major figure both in the politics and literature of the Middle Passage. ...10 KB (1,546 words) - 00:02, 18 November 2022
- the Yasuda Library, which contained rare literature and Kabuki and Noh books ... Zeami's Atsumori at World Literature Website] Category:Art, music ...10 KB (1,536 words) - 05:44, 13 June 2023
- writers and scholars to investigate Native oral and written literary history ... were constructing a distinct national literature. The inclusion of two of ...17 KB (2,573 words) - 01:37, 23 November 2022
- Cousins, "Pali oral literature," 7 == Origins and Tradition== ... * Cousins, Lance, "Pali oral literature," in Buddhist Studies ...29 KB (4,382 words) - 17:41, 2 May 2023
- cover all genres, from self-help to literature and relaxation. Some have ... drove the length of North America to record oral histories of Native American ...17 KB (2,579 words) - 18:27, 21 August 2023
- verse are those found in the oldest literature of many Germanic languages ... of the earliest monuments of Germanic literature. The Golden horns of Gallehus ...24 KB (3,773 words) - 20:35, 30 November 2023
- legends, tales, and oral histories. Serrano oral literature is closely linked with the traditions of the Serrano's closest linguistic relatives ...12 KB (1,746 words) - 10:04, 26 January 2023
- music and lyrics for the song. In a 1984 oral history interview, he recalled ... Interviewed by the Oral History Department in 1989, Dr. Toh Chin Chye ...17 KB (2,551 words) - 00:16, 22 October 2023
- == Forms of midrashic literature == Both halakhic and aggadic midrashim ... source, but are believed to be part of the Oral Law revealed to Moses at Sinai ...16 KB (2,400 words) - 17:34, 9 November 2022
- considered to be scripture. Furthermore, oral traditions, such as the Oral ... need not necessarily be unified works of literature. At times they are collections ...38 KB (5,920 words) - 17:30, 25 January 2023
- to examine the religious beliefs and oral traditions of African peoples ... Much of the literature about African philosophy is taken up with a ...20 KB (3,143 words) - 06:07, 16 June 2023
- Norwegian literature is literature composed in Norway or by Norwegian ... a dark age in the nation's literature, though Norwegian-born ...19 KB (2,883 words) - 06:39, 16 November 2022
- Perrault published several tales from the oral tradition that he modified ... French language, dealing with children's literature. ...11 KB (1,756 words) - 22:25, 4 December 2023
- B.C.E.). However, based as it is on older oral traditions, its antecedents ... One of the most influential Sanskrit contributions to world literature ...24 KB (3,634 words) - 06:28, 18 November 2022
- focal point of eighteenth-century English literature. authors of non-fiction in all of English literature. ==Life== ...10 KB (1,514 words) - 08:53, 18 March 2024
- motifs (the Nibelungensaga), which include oral traditions and reports based ... quot;original" version, likely because oral tradition had a continuing ...17 KB (2,719 words) - 23:27, 14 November 2022
- ) is the oldest major work of French literature. It exists in various ... In view of the long period of oral tradition during which the ambush ...19 KB (2,962 words) - 17:33, 30 April 2023
- African American literature is the body of literature produced in ... too, have the foci of African American literature. Before the American Civil ...45 KB (6,844 words) - 06:04, 16 June 2023
- by UNESCO as a "Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible heritage of ... Category:Art, music, literature, sports and leisure 132851706 ...7 KB (1,087 words) - 08:47, 24 November 2022
- phase of the higher examination should be oral or written became a hot topic ... of which the successful applicants came, an oral examination tested the applicants ...16 KB (2,316 words) - 06:03, 27 July 2023
