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They could be call Legends. Every civilization has them. Before people could read or write, history was carried in the head of itinerant story tellers who wandered through the realm, reciting stories for lodging and meals. These stories might exist for centuries in that form before they were written down. You might say that all very early history started as a bunch of campfire stories.
genes are passed down fron one to next generation. Not the physical characters.
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Before the invention of writing, stories were passed down by word of mouth. A popular way was through the bards, who went from city to city singing the stories, such as the Iliad and Odyssey.
Stories passed down by word of mouth are oral traditions.These stories are also known as folk stories or folk tales.
It could be passed down by stories, knowledge in textbooks etc. That's at least how I think of it.
During the times of Jesus, the stories of the Jewish patriarchs were the basis for Jewish identity. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob were the Jewish patriarchs.
in myths passed down through generations, and still passed today as stories
People often refer to stories about the past that are not written down as oral history or oral traditions. These stories are passed down through generations by word of mouth.
the stories they told were passed down
Stories that are passed down from generation to generation by mouth are said to be oral traditions. They are also considered aural traditions.
the stories that homer told survived because it was passed down from generation to generation.
the stories that homer told survived because it was passed down from generation to generation.
the stories they told were passed down
Myths are stories that come from legends passed down through the ages.