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The 268 pages that link to Oral tradition, each with the reason it gives.

• Sirat Bani HilalNarrower topic: The epic’s continuity depends on transmission outside a single authoritative text.

• Battle of Blue WatersNarrower topic: Local traditions have sometimes informed proposed locations where written evidence is limited.

• BogeymanNarrower topic: The bogeyman's changing forms spread through family warnings and local storytelling.

• Dunama II DibalemiNarrower topic: Oral accounts supplement written evidence for Kanem’s medieval past.

• Dutty BoukmanNarrower topic: Accounts of Boukman and Bois Caïman were preserved and reshaped beyond written colonial records.

• Epic of King GesarNarrower topic: Gesar’s story has circulated through performers rather than a single authoritative written text.

• KokopelliNarrower topic: Community-held narratives convey meanings that archaeological images alone cannot establish.

• NasreddinNarrower topic: Nasreddin’s tales spread in changing versions through retelling rather than a single fixed text.

• Turlough O'CarolanNarrower topic: Tunes attributed to O'Carolan passed through changing oral and written forms.

• Yaşar KemalNarrower topic: Kemal reshaped Anatolian oral storytelling practices into modern prose fiction.