Oral literature or folk literature corresponds in the sphere of the spoken (oral) word to literature as literature operates in the domain of the written word.

Oral tradition: Oral tradition, the first and still most widespread mode of human communication. Far more than “just talking,” oral tradition refers to a dynamic and highly diverse oral-aural medium for evolving, storing, and …

Oral traditions The nature of storytelling. The storyteller speaks, time collapses, and the members of the audience are in the presence of history. It is a time of masks.

Torah sheba’al Peh – The Oral Torah and Jewish Tradition. by John J. Parsons. During Shavuot we revisit the miracle of the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai, but you might be surprised to know that Rabbinical Judaism believes that two Torahs were given to Moses at that time — the written Torah and the oral Torah (in Kabbalistic traditions

Traditional Storytelling Storytelling traditions vary all over the world, yet have many things in common. This section is an attempt to gather information on customs of the oral tradition world-wide.

bbc.co.uk/ni/colleges/storyteller 1 Study Ireland: storyteller An Introduction to Storytelling, Myths and Legends Notes written by EUGENE McKENDRY INTRODUCTION There have always been storytellers because people enjoy stories.

Tweet The Native American culture is known for its rich oral tradition – instead of using a written language to document their history, these indigenous people simply relied on their verbal language to share their history, customs, …

To revitalize the Mayan oral tradition, our goal is to disseminate recordings of Mayan legends and customs on community-based Indigenous Maya radio stations

A griot (/ ˈ ɡ r i. oʊ /; French pronunciation: ), jali or jeli (djeli or djéli in French spelling) is a West African historian, storyteller, praise singer, poet and/or musician.

Welcome to the Cracker Storytelling Festival. Come join our 30th Year Celebration! Cracker Storytelling Festival Homeland Heritage Park Homeland, Florida