Literary scholars identify at least two historical bodies of verse as wisdom poetry: an ancient Mesopotamian tradition that includes the Sumerian Hymn to Enlil, the All-Beneficent, and a body of poems from medieval literature also given the term.
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Place of OriginEgypt, Babylonia and Canaan 1 Notable ExampleMaxims I (Exeter Maxims) 1 Defining TraitExists primarily to impart information about the condition of the world 1 In the Other Atlases
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Origins section
wisdom poems were written in Egypt, Babylonia, and Canaan
Germanic cultures section
She describes Maxims I, or Exeter Maxims, as an example of Old English wisdom poetry
Germanic cultures section [defining-trait]
exists primarily to impart a body of information about the condition of the world
In Group: Ancient Near Eastern and Jewish Poetic Traditions, Lead
The first kind of wisdom poetry was written in ancient Mesopotamia, including the Sumerian Hymn to Enlil, the All-Beneficent.
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