Democratic Republic of the Congo Oral epic first collected in the 1950s Mubila epic Background and Recording of the Mubila Epic Narrative The long narrative recounting the feats of Mubila was recorded in 1953 by Daniel P. Biebuyck in the Pangi...
Southern India Oral tradition: c. 15-16th century CEFirst recorded: 1965 Ponnivala Nadu The Legend of Ponnivala Nadu is a folk epic popular in Southern India, specifically in the Kongu Nadu region of Tamilnadu. This is an extended oral epic, a story first tape...
Egypt Oral tradition: c. 14th century CEFirst transcriptions: 1986-90 Anonymous, Sirat Bani Hilal The epic as it is sung in Northern Egypt is built upon the basic historical facts about the Bani Hilal tribe: their migration westwards from the Arabian...
West Africa Oral tradition, 16th centuryWritten accounts, 16th and 17th centuriesSummaries, 19th and 20th centuriesFirst linear publication: 1990 The Epic of Askia Mohammed (Mamar Kassaye Deeda) The Epic of Askia Mohammed was recorded by Thomas A. Hale in Saga,...
United States 2024 Dave Jilk, Epoch: A Poetic Psy-Phi Saga In 2001: A Space Odyssey the rogue computer HAL recalls Dr. Chandra, HAL’s first tutor/programmer. When Dave unplugs the computer, HAL’s last conscious thought is the old...
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