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A The Indian oral tradition was maintained by spiritual teachers, or brahmins. . . ^.
' but truth, a body of wisdom as relevant today as it ever was. The oral tradition of
India is called the sruti, meaning 'that which is heard'. It was passed down ...
A The Indian oral tradition was maintained by spiritual teachers, or brahmins. . . ^.
' but truth, a body of wisdom as relevant today as it ever was. The oral tradition of
India is called the sruti, meaning 'that which is heard'. It was passed down ...
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... special creation and of the beginnings of things in their own culture, when the
people and the gods and the animals all walked the hunting grounds and talked
together. Oral Tradition THE NATIVE AMERICAN oral tradition does not easily.
... special creation and of the beginnings of things in their own culture, when the
people and the gods and the animals all walked the hunting grounds and talked
together. Oral Tradition THE NATIVE AMERICAN oral tradition does not easily.
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ORAL TRADITIONS Where a culture has no written tradition myths are passed
down through generations by bards, elders, shamans and storytellers.
PREHISTORIC From the beginning of life on earth 3,5 billion years ago, to 3500
ik: when ...
ORAL TRADITIONS Where a culture has no written tradition myths are passed
down through generations by bards, elders, shamans and storytellers.
PREHISTORIC From the beginning of life on earth 3,5 billion years ago, to 3500
ik: when ...
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Contents
Introduction | 5 |
India and Australia 229 | 141 |
Greece and Rome 51 Tibet and Africa | 161 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | World mythology |
| Author | Arthur Cotterell |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Dempsey Parr, 2000 |
| ISBN | 1840844515, 9781840844511 |
| Length | 320 pages |
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