Translation of "Mündlich überliefert" in English

It was an oral tradition for the most part like most now dead languages.

Note, I said it was an oral tradition for the most part.

Here is an ancient tradition passed on to us orally.

These writings were first communicated orally, from the master to the worthy disciple.

Arcadius passed the prophesy down to me orally.

The story has been passed down from generation to generation by word of mouth.

The script and songs of the old nativity play are passed on orally.

The knowledge has been passed on orally for thousands of years.

In the Middle Ages many Faroese poems and stories were handed down orally.

The recipe for this spread has long been handed down orally.

Some were transmitted orally outside the jurisdiction of the council and were added later.

For this reason much was not written down, but was transmitted orally.

Euskara has been passed down primarily orally for centuries.

Among the Celts, knowledge was passed on orally.

Oral history of the massacres were passed down and artists such as the late Rover Thomas have depicted the massacres.

Folk literature usually exist in many versions, passed down orally and have unknown authors.

The names and stories associated with those waka were passed on in oral history (k?rero o mua) but dates, names, times, and routes are frequently muddled and confused as the descendants of the settlers multiplied and separated into iwi (tribes) and hapu (sub-tribes).

On the other hand, he also collected and notated Thai folk music which had only been passed down orally until that time.

A special part of the centuries-old cultural heritage of the Inuit are their myths and legends, which had been passed exclusively by word of mouth, because the Inuit had no written language and consequently had no literary tradition.

For instance, the working people of every nation generated a body of folk music, which was transmitted orally down through the generations and sung by all.

Long before there were chemically-based medicines, they were used as potent remedies, whose beneficial properties have been handed down by word of mouth from generation to generation.