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⛩ 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.