Choctaw oral literature

E749630

Choctaw oral literature is the traditional body of stories, songs, myths, and spoken narratives that convey the history, values, and cosmology of the Choctaw people.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Choctaw Music 1
Choctaw mythology 1
Choctaw oral literature canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Choctaw culture element ⓘ
Native American oral literature ⓘ
intangible cultural heritage ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
associatedWith Choctaw language ⓘ
Choctaw people ⓘ
conveys Choctaw cosmology ⓘ
Choctaw history ⓘ
Choctaw values ⓘ
clan relationships ⓘ
moral teachings ⓘ
origin stories ⓘ
social norms ⓘ
function education of children ⓘ
preservation of cultural identity ⓘ
reinforcement of social cohesion ⓘ
spiritual instruction ⓘ
hasForm ceremonial speeches ⓘ
chants ⓘ
etiological tales ⓘ
historical narratives ⓘ
legends ⓘ
myths ⓘ
prayers ⓘ
songs ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
trickster tales ⓘ
hasLanguage Choctaw ⓘ
includesCharacter Bear (Choctaw animal figure) ⓘ
Buzzard (vulture figure in Choctaw stories) ⓘ
Rabbit (Choctaw trickster figure) ⓘ
includesMotif balance with nature ⓘ
emergence from the earth ⓘ
migration and settlement ⓘ
respect for animals ⓘ
sacred mound Nanih Waiya ⓘ
trickster’s consequences ⓘ
performedBy Choctaw elders ⓘ
Choctaw storytellers ⓘ
linked to: Choctaw people

ceremonial leaders ⓘ
relatedTo Choctaw ceremonial practices ⓘ
Choctaw music ⓘ
Choctaw mythology ⓘ
subjectOf ethnographic studies of the Choctaw ⓘ
supportedBy Choctaw cultural preservation programs ⓘ
threatenedBy language shift away from Choctaw ⓘ
transmittedAcross generations ⓘ
transmittedBy oral transmission ⓘ
usedIn ceremonies ⓘ
community events ⓘ
family settings ⓘ
seasonal gatherings ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Choctaw language → languageOf → Choctaw oral literature ⓘ
Frances Densmore → notableWork → Choctaw Music ⓘ
linked to: Choctaw oral literature
Choctaw oral literature → relatedTo → Choctaw mythology ⓘ
linked to: Choctaw oral literature