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A story or legend passed down from generation to generation is called oral history, oral tradition, or folklore.

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What is a type of literature that has originated within a culture and has been passed down either orally or in writing from one generation to the next?

Literature that has originated within a culture and has been passed down either orally or in writing from one generation to the next is known as folklore.


What is a sentence using the word heirloom?

My great great grandmothers gold bracelet is one of our family's heirlooms. It has been passed down from generation to generation.


What are the kinds of folktales?

A folktale is a story that has been passed down from generation to generation by word of mouth. The types are fairy tales, tall tales, fables, parables, ballads, legends, and myths.


What is the definition of folktales?

A folktale is a story passed down through generations, mainly by re-telling.


What is the definition of legend?

Legend A legend is a traditional story or body of stories, usually of oral origin, that is handed down from generation to generation and popularly believed to have a historical basis. It can also be a story based more on fantasy than on fact. In other circles, it means an inscription - as on a coin A legend (Latin, legenda, "things to be read") is a narrative of human actions that are perceived both by teller and listeners to take place within human history and to possess certain qualities that give the tale verisimilitude. Legend, for its active and passive participants, includes no happenings that are outside the realm of "possibility", defined by a highly flexible set of parameters, which may include miracles that are perceived as actually having happened, within the specific tradition of indoctrination where the legend arises, and within which it may be transformed over time, in order to keep it fresh and vital, and realistic. In modern times a legend is somebody who revolutionizes a specific field or area. For instance Steve Jobs was a business legend who revolutionized 6 separate industries.

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Is legend a true story?

No. A legend is a story that is believed to of happened. It could possibly be true, but most of the time legends are exaggerated as they are passed down from generation to generation.


What does legend mean in social studies?

legend is a story that has been passed down throughout history


Why are folk songs passed down from generation to generation?

The folktale is a story, passed down verbally from generation to generation. Each storyteller told the folktales a little differently, making them more interesting and fascinating as the ages passed. Different folktales bear the characteristics of the culture


Is the correct thing passed down from generation to generation or past down from generation to generation?

it is past down from generation to generation


What is oral traditions?

Oral Tradition is a story or group of stories that are passed down from generation to generation and are not by one single author


What is an example of an traditional?

A tradition is something like a a handed down from generation to generation story, legend or custom or an inherited way of thinking or acting.


Who is the author the good prince bantugan?

The Good Prince Bantugan is a story passed down in the oral tradition of the Maranao tribe. It is a story about the great Prince Bantugan, the greatest warrior of the kingdom of Bantugan, passed down for generation after generation. The author is unknown.


Who is the author of the good prince bantugan?

The Good Prince Bantugan is a story passed down in the oral tradition of the Maranao tribe. It is a story about the great Prince Bantugan, the greatest warrior of the kingdom of Bantugan, passed down for generation after generation. The author is unknown.


What is the traditional definition of legend?

A story or myth that has been passed down from person to person over many years. The validity of the story cannot be proven to be correct or not. Such as the Legend of King Arthur.


What is another word for a story told for many year?

legendfolktaleoral historymythoral tradition


What book did Saint Olivia come from?

I do not believe the story of Olivia was ever in book form but was, instead, a legend passed down for generations.


How is folk music passed down generations?

From person-to-person. Legends are usually oral narrations that are perceived by both teller and listeners. Theses stories are traditional tales that have important meaning or symbolism for the culture in which it originates from.