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Recapturing the Oral Tradition of Storytelling in Spiritual Conversations with Older Adults: An Afro-Indigenous Approach

Religions, 2022
The historical value of the oral tradition permeates literature as represented in multiple disciplines, including theology. An aspect of this tradition has proven viable in spiritual conversations with older adults.
Florence Akumu Juma
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Local Wisdom Values in the ‘Takneul’ Oral Tradition of the Bunak Tribe of East Nusa Tenggara: A Metaphorical Ecolinguistic Study

Arbitrer, 2023
This study aims to describe the values of local wisdom in the Takneul oral tradition of the Bunak people, East Nusa Tenggara from a metaphorical ecolinguistic perspective.
Fransiskus Yoga Oktavian Bele Bau, R. Kunjana Rahardi   +1 more
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ABORIGINAL ORAL TRADITIONS OF AUSTRALIAN IMPACT CRATERS [PDF]

Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, 2013
We explore Aboriginal oral traditions that relate to Australian meteorite craters. Using the literature, first-hand ethnographic records, and fieldtrip data, we identify oral traditions and artworks associated with four impact sites: Gosses Bluff ...
D. Hamacher, J. Goldsmith
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Amharic Folkloric Oral Traditions: Collections for Insiders and for Outsiders

Aethiopica, 2023
The two books of Amharic proverbs and the book of Amharic riddles under review document Amharic oral traditions far beyond what others have done previously. They all build on previous scholarship. In addition, each one adds new examples to what has been
Peter Unseth, Bitania
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A “Fishy Tale”? The Fisher Hugheses of Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland: Oral tradition to Documented Genealogy

Genealogy, 2017
The surname HUGHES (several spelling variants) was numerous amongst the fishers recorded in 19th century censuses for Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland. A twentieth-century oral tradition in at least one HUGHES branch held that the family fished in Pittenweem ...
Jenny Swanson
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Observations of red-giant variable stars by Aboriginal Australians

, 2017
Aboriginal Australians carefully observe the properties and positions of stars, including both overt and subtle changes in their brightness, for subsistence and social application. These observations are encoded in oral tradition.
Allen R. H., Anonymous, Aristotle 350 BCE, Bailey J., Bailey J., Bates D., Battiste M., Berndt R. M., Berndt R. M., Bhathal R., Cairns H. C., Clarke P. A., Clarke P. A., Clarke P. A., Clarke P. A., Clunies Ross M., Frew D. J., Hamacher D. W., Hamacher D. W., Hamacher D. W., Hamacher D. W., Hamacher D. W., Hamacher D. W., Hamacher D. W., Hamacher D. W., Harmanec P., Haynes R. D., Herschel J. F. W., Hoffleit D., Howitt A., Isles J., Jetsu L., Johnson D. D., Johnson D. D., Leaman T. M., Maegraith B., McNight D., Meyer H. A. E., Mountford C. P., North G., Parker K. L., Prober S. M., Taplin G., Tindale N. B., Tindale N. B., Tindale N. B., White I. M., Wilk S. R., Wilk S. R.   +48 more
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Notes from Field Work on the Ijemo in Abeokuta

Yoruba Studies Review, 2022
Until recent times, the vast part of the history and traditions of the Yorùbá people existed in Oral Traditions (OT) and Other Oral Traditions (OOT).
Damilola Osunlakin, Toyin Falola
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The selective geography of volcanism in oral traditions

Quaternary Research
Oral traditions describing details of ancient volcanic eruptions and their effects survive throughout the inhabited world. Many such eruptions, especially those having catastrophic environmental and societal consequences, proved sufficiently memorable to
L. Franks, Patrick D. Nunn, Adrian McCallum   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Oral Tradition

Oral Tradition, 2003
Abstract It is Often overlooked that early modern antiquaries relied to a great extent not only on manuscript and archaeological material, but also on a variety of oral sources ranging from popular traditions to the personal recollections of the aged.
openaire   +3 more sources

Comet and Meteorite Traditions of Aboriginal Australians

, 2014
Of the hundreds of distinct Aboriginal cultures of Australia, many have oral traditions rich in descriptions and explanations of comets, meteors, meteorites, airbursts, impact events, and impact craters. These views generally attribute these phenomena to
AWR Bevan, DW Hamacher, DW Hamacher, DW Hamacher, DW Hamacher, DW Hamacher, G Baker, J Goldsmith, P Reeves-Sanday, R Edwards   +9 more
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