A traditional story, or story about traditions, is a narrative that differs from both fiction and nonfiction. What sets it apart is that passing on the story's own worldview is understood to matter more than fixing whether the story counts as imaginary or factual, so a traditional story is not sorted into fiction or nonfiction the way most other narratives are.
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Notable ExampleThe Prometheus sacrifice trick myth in Hesiod's Theogony 1 Defining TraitPassing on the story's worldview matters more than fixing whether it is imaginary or factual 1 Sources
1. Traditional story - Wikipedia
Etiological myth section
The story of Prometheus' sacrifice-trick in Hesiod's Theogony relates how Prometheus tricked Zeus into choosing the bones and fat of the first sacrificial animal rather than the meat to justify why, after a sacrifice, the Greeks offered the bones wrapped in fat to the gods while keeping the meat for themselves.
Lead section, opening sentence
Traditional stories, or stories about traditions, differ from both fiction and nonfiction in that the importance of transmitting the story's worldview is generally understood to transcend an immediate need to establish its categorization as imaginary or factual.
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