Traditions and Transitions folk narrative in the contemporary world
16-20
July 2001 The University of Melbourne, Australia
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In this paper, we will examine an oral folk narrative about Copais, a geographical area of the Greek mainland. The narrative refers to the hero Hercules and Copais in older traditional forms derived from ancient texts. Modern beliefs are thus rooted in ancient stories about Hercules, and about Philemon and Baucis, and there are specific motifs that refer to houses, villages and other places being sunk or destroyed. The cultural diversity of the interrelated ancient and modern modes of the narrative forces us to acknowledge the importance of the oral transmission of history and underlines the necessity of recording this folkloric work which bridges eras and permits a diachronic examination of elements and phenomena.
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