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10 Cards in this Set
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Art
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The creative use of the human imagination to aesthetically interpret, express, and engage life, modifying experienced reality in the process.
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Iconic Images
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Culturally specific people animals, and monsters seen in the deepest stage of trance.
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Folklore
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A term by 19th century scholars studying the unwritten stories and other artistic traditions of rural peoples to distinguish between “folk art” and the “fine art” of the literate elite.
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Myth
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A sacred narrative that explains the fundamentals of human existence, where we and everything in our world came from, why we are here, and where we are going.
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Legend
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A story about a memorable event or figure handed down by tradition and told as truth but without historical evidence.
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Epic
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A long, dramatic narrative recounting the celebrated deeds of a historic or legendary hero, often sung or recited in poetic language.
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Tale
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A creative narrative that is recognized as fiction for entertainment but may also draw a moral or teach a practical lesson.
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Motif
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A story situation in a tale.
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Ethnomusicology
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The study of a society’s music in terms of its cultural setting.
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Tonality
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In music, scale systems and their modifications.
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