Oral literature
25 entries in the Oral Literature compendium.
Syed Sahil AghaPromotes Urdu oral storytelling traditions including Dastangoi, QissaGoi, and Jumlebaazi.AoidosA classical Greek singer and oral epic poet.Bars FightThe oldest known work of literature by an African American, preserved orally for over a century.Biblical storytellingA discipline of memorizing and performing Bible stories for connection.Caravan of Dreams (book)Anthology of Sufi teaching stories and Islamic traditions.Chronological Bible StoryingOral Bible storytelling in chronological order for pre-literate audiences.Duma (epic)Oral epic poems of the Ukrainian Cossack era, sung by itinerant bards.EbyevugoOral praise poetry of the Banyankore people.Edo literatureEdo literature spans oral tradition and colonial-era written works.Epic of Samba GueladioFula epic of exile, monster-slaying, and a king's return.GawędaPolish oral and literary genre of stylized noble tales.Gawęda szlacheckaPolish literary form stylized as noble oral storytelling.HaintenyTraditional Malagasy oral poetry rich in metaphor and allusion.Himanshu BajpaiDastango and author of Lucknow's Awadhi storytelling tradition.Mongol epic poetryMongol epic poetry is a sung oral tradition of heroes and history.Oral literatureSpoken literature transmitted orally across generations.Oral storytellingIntimate verbal storytelling, flexible and audience-adapted since ancient times.Palestinian hikayeOral folk tales performed by older Palestinian women.Oral poetryPoetry composed and transmitted without writing.Sanskrit literatureSanskrit literature spans Vedic hymns to classical poetry and science.SkazRussian oral narrative form using dialect and slang.Song of BagaudaHausa oral kinglist poem from Kano, recited by beggars.Spoken wordOral poetic performance art emphasizing sound and live recitation.The Wedding of Smailagić MehoA 12,311-line Bosniak oral epic dictated in 1935.Tumbuka literatureWritten and oral works in the Tumbuka language.
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