oral epic tradition
C24120
concept
A long-form narrative poetry practice transmitted and performed orally across generations, preserving and conveying a culture’s myths, history, and values through memorized or improvised recitation.
Observed surface forms (14)
- chanson de geste ×3
- Oghuz epic ×2
- Turkic epic ×2
- narrative tradition ×2
- Kazakh heroic epic ×1
- Kyrgyz epic ×1
- Serbian oral epic tradition ×1
- epic folk poetry cycle ×1
- epic tradition ×1
- heroic folk narrative ×1
- medieval Turkic epic ×1
- oral tradition work ×1
- subject of oral tradition ×1
- sīra shaʿbiyya (popular epic biography) ×1
Instances (19)
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Sīrat ʿAntar (Romance of Antar)
via concept surface "sīra shaʿbiyya (popular epic biography)"
surface form: Sīrat ʿAntar
- cycle of David of Sassoun
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epic of Koblandy Batyr
via concept surface "Kazakh heroic epic"
surface form: Epic of Koblandy Batyr
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epic of Alpamys Batyr
via concept surface "heroic folk narrative"
surface form: Epic of Alpamys Batyr
- Cantar de mio Cid via concept surface "chanson de geste"
- Duha Koca Oglu Deli Dumrul Boyu via concept surface "Turkic epic"
- Kanli Koca Oglu Kan Turali Boyu via concept surface "Oghuz epic"
- Basat’in Tepegözü Öldürdüğü Boy via concept surface "Oghuz epic"
- Salur Kazan’in Esir Olduğu Boy via concept surface "medieval Turkic epic"
- Narts via concept surface "subject of oral tradition"
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medieval chanson de geste "Eustache le Moine"
via concept surface "chanson de geste"
surface form: Eustache le Moine (chanson de geste)
- Kosovo cycle of Serbian epic poetry via concept surface "Serbian oral epic tradition"
- Atreid saga via concept surface "narrative tradition"
- The Song of Roland via concept surface "chanson de geste"
- David of Sassoun cycle
- Alha-Khand ballads via concept surface "epic folk poetry cycle"
- Kayanian cycle via concept surface "epic tradition"
- Mark Twain folklore via concept surface "narrative tradition"
- Epic of Manas via concept surface "Kyrgyz epic"