African Studies Thesaurus
epics (form)
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294910182
STA
Approved
UPD
2012-03-23
DUT
epos (vorm)
DAT
Also covers publications on epics indexed before 2006.
IND
4
PPN
294910182
UDC
398.223
SN
A long narrative poem usually divided into books or parts and generally mythic or religious in its theme. It tells a tale of great actions and events that are usually important to a nation or culture (The Oxford Companion to the English Language, 1992).
MRF
(0)
82-13
BT1
prose (form)
RT
epics
oral history
oral traditions
poetry (form)
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