Oral tradition

Oral tradition or oral culture is a way of transmitting history, literature or law from one generation to the next in a civilization without a writing system. An example that combined aspects of oral literature and oral history, before eventually being set down in writing, is the Homeric epic poetry of the Iliad and the Odyssey. Oral tradition also falls under the domain of Folklore.

Related Topics:
History - Literature - Law - Generation - Civilization - Writing system - Oral literature - Homeric - Epic poetry - Iliad - Odyssey - Folklore

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