oral lore

kind of legend
Intangible literary_genre Q46783
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oral lore

Summary

oral lore is a literary genre[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • oral lore's instance of is recorded as literary genre[3].
  • oral lore's instance of is recorded as literary form[4].
  • oral lore is a type of prose[5].
  • oral lore is a type of traditional story[6].
  • oral lore's Commons category is recorded as Legends[7].
  • oral lore's said to be the same as is recorded as folk tale[8].
  • oral lore's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Oral lores[9].
  • oral lore's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • oral lore's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[11].
  • oral lore's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[12].
  • oral lore's described by source is recorded as Basque Literature Terms Dictionary[13].
  • oral lore's has characteristic is recorded as oral tradition[14].
  • oral lore's different from is recorded as saga[15].
  • oral lore's different from is recorded as sage[16].
  • oral lore's permanent duplicated item is recorded as Q25507424[17].
  • oral lore's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Narration[18].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include literary genre[3] and literary form[4]. Recorded subclass of include prose[5] and traditional story[6].

Why It Matters

oral lore has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . euskaltzaindia.eus. Retrieved . euskaltzaindia.eus. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of
    Described by source Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890) +1
    Has characteristic oral tradition
    Topic's main category Category:Oral lores
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0213359-nemecke-povesti, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259662|batch #259662]]"
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