(Grandpa's get away with a lot when it comes to imaginative stories.)
PART FIVE LORE, MYTHS AND MEMOIRS
Lore adapts to altered circumstances and lifestyles, and to cultures and
environments other than the times and places where it had its roots. The
familiar may be comfortable, but youngsters also listen eagerly to new
twists in a myth, another version of a familiar legend, the results of
experiments, and of trials as well as the joys in the human experience.
In storytelling, a culture's traditions, mythology and values offer
opportunities to insert a sense of history into the tale, and add context to
interactions among the family's constituents and the continuity to its
generations. Excessively repeated, they might appear as frayed and
corny platitudes. Yet, within the majority of families, a culture's
mythology, traditions and values retain their relevancy and often, their
majesty.
Tradition passes history to a new generation on what happened to the
family over the years, and, to the extent possible, the reasons.
Grandparents' stories and lore convey facts and interpretations about
customs, events and personalities and how they became part of the
family's structure.
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