storytellers

griot

African oral tradition keeper

• bardPoet of epics
• minstrelTraveling performer of songs
• troubadourMedieval Provençal lyric poet

skald · raconteur · shaman · balladeer · elder · campfire · recitation · performance · audience · listening

voice

Sound from throat

• perspectiveAttitude or spatial rendering
• point-of-viewPosition from which something's considered
• first-person"I" as narrator

third-person · omniscient · unreliable · protagonist · character · dialogue · plot · conflict · exposition · climax

moral

Concerning right conduct

• allegorySymbolic tale with deeper meaning
• parableInstructive allegorical narrative
• lessonUnit of teaching

cautionary · didactic · wisdom · teaching · proverbial · symbolic · pithy · instructive · edifying · tortoise

heroic

Exceptionally brave and noble

• legendaryFamous beyond ordinary measure
• odysseyExtended adventurous journey
• questSeeking journey for something

journey · adventure · monomyth · vast · grandiose · mythic · trilogy · saga · chronicle · generations

pantheon

All gods of a religion

• deitiesWorshipped supernatural beings
• creationMaking something exist
• heroesAdmired courageous figures

cosmogony · underworld · prophecy · oracles · demigods · monsters · titans · trickster · sacred · archetypal

folktales

Traditional oral narratives

• legendsTraditional stories or icons
• heritageInherited cultural legacy
• customsTraditional practices or import taxes

ancestors · proverbs · superstitions · trickster · cautionary · regional · peasant · oral-history · folk-heroes

history

Record of past events

• recordPreserved account or achievement
• accountRecord of dealings
• annalsYear-by-year historical account

archives · memoir · biography · documentation · journal · testimony · witness · events · historical · remembrance

• storytellerstale spinner, yarn spinners, bard, bards, raconteur
• Irish AmericanaIrish diaspora, Irish heritage, Irish identity, Irish traditions, Irish Catholic
• Native Literatureindigenous authors, indigenous voices, trickster tales, folktales, oral traditions
• North African customstea ceremonies, wedding customs, tribal customs, desert life, nomadic life
• tribal folkloretribal legends, tribal lore, epic tales, hero tales, mythical creatures
• wisdom keeperssages, elders, gurus, mentors, wise women