If listeners of oral performances in primary oral cultures did not listen to understand the messages being spoken (TH, 18), why are there fundamental moral lessons in epic works like Gilgamesh, whose origins are in primarily oral cultures?
If listeners of oral performances in primary oral cultures did not listen to understand the messages being spoken (TH, 18), why are there fundamental moral lessons in epic works like Gilgamesh, whose origins are in primarily oral cultures?