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[[Orality]], [[Manuscript Culture]], [[Print Culture]], and [[Information Age]]]]'''Oral tradition''' or '''oral culture''' is a way for a society to transmit [[oral history|history]], [[orature|literature]], [[oral law|law]] or other knowledge across generations without a [[writing system]]. An example that combined aspects of [[oral literature]] and [[oral history]], before eventually being set down in writing, is the [[Homer]]ic [[epic poetry]] of the ''[[Iliad]]'' and the ''[[Odyssey]]''. In a general sense, "oral tradition" refers to the transmission of [[culture|cultural]] material through vocal utterance, and was long held to be a key descriptor of [[folklore]] (a criterion no longer rigidly held by all folklorists). As an [[academic discipline]], it refers both to a [[Scientific method|method]] and the objects studied by the method.   

[[Orality]], [[Manuscript Culture]], [[Print Culture]], and [[Information Age]]'''Oral tradition''' or '''oral culture''' is a way for a society to transmit [[oral history|history]], [[orature|literature]], [[oral law|law]] or other knowledge across generations without a [[writing system]]. An example that combined aspects of [[oral literature]] and [[oral history]], before eventually being set down in writing, is the [[Homer]]ic [[epic poetry]] of the ''[[Iliad]]'' and the ''[[Odyssey]]''. In a general sense, "oral tradition" refers to the transmission of [[culture|cultural]] material through vocal utterance, and was long held to be a key descriptor of [[folklore]] (a criterion no longer rigidly held by all folklorists). As an [[academic discipline]], it refers both to a [[Scientific method|method]] and the objects studied by the method.   

The study of oral tradition is distinct from the academic discipline of [[oral history]], which is the recording of personal memories and histories of those who experienced historical eras or events.  It is also distinct from the study of [[orality]], which can be defined as [[thought]] and its verbal expression in societies where the technologies of [[literacy]] (especially writing and print) are unfamiliar to most of the population.

The study of oral tradition is distinct from the academic discipline of [[oral history]], which is the recording of personal memories and histories of those who experienced historical eras or events.  It is also distinct from the study of [[orality]], which can be defined as [[thought]] and its verbal expression in societies where the technologies of [[literacy]] (especially writing and print) are unfamiliar to most of the population.