Importance of the Oral Tradition Before the gospels were composed, Jesus' first followers sustained his memory by sharing stories of his life, death and teachings. L. Michael White: ...

We have two volumes containing examples of these Scottish songs in our rare book collection at Queen Mary. Social Media . From Aesop and Homer oral traditions took a leap forward in the late twentieth ...

A relative of mine got involved in the history of a Stone Age tribe in New Guineau. They gave a detailed account of an encounter with an European ship back in the 18th century. After some library ...

In the examples presented here we see how poet J P Clark exhibits a strong influence from oral traditions and oral literature. We also see another example of a poetic trend found in both oral and ...

Originally oral Jewish traditions cited Hosea 6:6 and taught that helping people was of greater importance than observing rituals and customs (Sukkah 49b, Deuteronomy Rabbah on 16:18, etc.).

In an oral Muslim tradition called hifz, a 12-year-old Charlotte boy recently completed the memorization of all 6,200 verses and 77,000 words in the Quran. Only one or two people from Charlotte ...

BHUBANESWAR: Even at 71, Mahendra Kumar Mishra’s quest for learning about an ancient indigenous language, a folklore or an oral tradition is never ending. Becau ...