Many other civilisations claimed that their rulers were “descendants of the gods (eg. In Europe, the concept of “Divine Right of Kings” appeared. Story telling became so important that the early tribal political and religious leaders had to rely on new fables/tales/myths to justify their own authority over the others who were being made subjugated. The methods have evolved and diversified, but stories are still told with the exact same intentions as our ancestors had when they told them to their children. In fact we are still being surrounded by stories everyday right into the 21st Century. It is a continuation of story telling right into adulthood. Literature is simply a sophisticated version of folktale telling. This, I believe, was also the precursor of literature. ![]() By language, I mean, a feel for grammar structure, pronunciation and vocabulary. Folktales have always been useful and are still useful today in not just passing on moral direction/suggestion/notions to children, but also in transferring the mother tongue (language) on the next generation.
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