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

• Labīd ibn RabīʿahRelated: Early Arabic poetry, including Labīd’s, circulated through performance before written preservation.

• Lelantine WarRelated: Accounts of an early conflict may have circulated before surviving historians recorded them.

• Meralda WarrenRelated: It provides a cultural frame for understanding poetry grounded in Cook Islands heritage.

• Morya GosaviRelated: Stories about his life circulated within a culture of inherited religious memory.

• Muhammad Shah of BruneiRelated: Oral transmission helps explain how Brunei’s early origin narratives developed before modern archival history.

• Mythologies of the Indigenous peoples of the AmericasRelated: Many narratives endure through communal telling, while practices and meanings vary among traditions.

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

• Native American religionsRelated: Stories and teachings are often transmitted through community-specific spoken and performed practices.

• Origin of speechRelated: Spoken language enabled traditions to persist without writing.

• Prehistoric AfricaCompared with: Oral histories complement material evidence but preserve the past through different means.

• Prehistory of AustraliaRelated: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge traditions preserve histories beyond the archaeological record.

• SebibaRelated: Stories and inherited meanings help sustain the festival’s significance.

• Silat MelayuRelated: Personal teaching and demonstration help pass silat knowledge between generations.

• Siti binti SaadCompared with: Her recorded performances preserved music otherwise transmitted primarily through live practice.

• Sub-Saharan African music traditionsRelated: Songs and performance carry musical knowledge across generations.

• 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.

• YazdânismRelated: Oral histories are central to understanding these communities, though they do not by themselves establish a shared ancient origin.