ORAL TRADITION

ORAL TRADITION
   the TRADITIONAL wisdom of PRE-MODERN societies transmitted by word of mouth rather than written documents. Most religious traditions contain an oral element and many SCRIPTURES seem to have passed through an oral stage before finally being reduced to writing.

Concise dictionary of Religion. 2012.

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