Oral Traditions and Scriptures of Ancient
& Primal Cultures
Primal Religion Handout
Chapter 2 Essay Test Question
To help you navigate the bewildering plethora of sacred texts
at the Sacred Texts web site, I have sorted and filtered the
list for you:
Ancient Rural Cultures (agricultural,
pastoral & hunter/gatherer)
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African
religion oral stories, myths, sacred texts etc. |
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Australian
Aborigine oral stories |
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Pacific
Islands |
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Shamanism
(not much for actual oral stories, but lots of ethnographic
and interpretive texts) |
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Native
American (this list mixes together Mesoamerican urban
cultures with various rural indigenous cultures) |
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European
Legends, Sagas, Myths (Celtic, Teutonic, Spanish, Saxon,
Finnish, Icelandic) |
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Japanese
Shinto (both rural and urban in nature). See also
Shamanic
Aino folk tales |
Ancient Urban Cultures
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