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HistoryAncientMedievalEarly medievalEarly modernRenaissanceMiddle modern 18th19th20thContemporary21stGenresOral literatureFolkloreepicsevocationfablefairy talefolk playfolksongincantationlegendmemoratemythproverburban legendOrationPerformancelyricsspoken wordstorytellingSayingProsePoetryDramaComedyLibrettoMusicalOperaPlayhistoricalmoralSatireScriptTragedyTragicomedyTheory and criticismSociologyMagazinesCompositionLanguageNarrativeComparativeCircleSocietyPost-literate SocietyPeerFeudEstateLost worklacunaWorkshopCircle ListsBooksEpicsfolk-epicsWriterspoetsMovementspoetry groupsCyclesLiterary awardspoetryLost literary worksA memorate is a term in folklore studies for a first-person personal experience narrative, typically presented as a truthful account of an extraordinary event (often but by no means always involving a supernatural being or paranormal occurrence).

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