⛩ Tradition profile
tradition
type · traditiontier · 2status · draftconfidence · medium
Origins (etic)
What the dated evidence shows: earliest archaeology, earliest texts, formative context.
Composition date vs. attestation date stated separately where oral transmission applies.
Self-account (emic)emic · their voice
What the tradition says about its own origin. Recorded as data, never merged into the etic section.
Cultural functions observed
Tag each: cohesion | cooperation-enforcement | anxiety-reduction | explanation | legitimation | identity-marking | other.
Function claims cite evidence, not intuition.
Shared motifs
Links to motif notes: great-flood, …
Open questionsgaps
Gaps found while researching — copy into 00_meta/OPEN_QUESTIONS.md.