Post #3852587
2026-07-16 06:39 UTC
Here is your friendly #StorytellingPSA that counting a story a part of "world literature" from the point when (or if) it was written down is a very colonial attitude.
#mythology #storytelling #epics
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@guyjantic@infosec.exchange 2026-07-17 05:01
@TarkabarkaHolgy@ohai.social OK but "literature" explicitly means "written down;" this is how the category has been defined. Do you mean the origin date should be backdated to match the true origin of the story in oral form? Do you mean the category of Literature should be expanded to include stories that exist only in oral Form? Something else?