Literary notes about traditional (AI summary)
Across these sources, “traditional” is used to emphasize inherited practices and knowledge passed down through time, underscoring continuity across generations. Washington Irving, for example, highlights “old catches, glees, and choice stories” exclusive to a single district, calling them “traditional” to that locale and unavailable elsewhere ([1]). James Mooney repeatedly refers to the “traditional predecessors of Cherokee,” revealing how certain cultural and mythological details are preserved within a community’s lore ([2], [3], [4]). The term also covers longstanding arts, such as the “traditional Japanese art of folding paper” ([5]), and commonly accepted norms or duties, such as a caste’s “traditional occupation” to maintain temple precincts ([6]). Overall, each instance points to a practice, belief, or craft held in reverence and maintained through shared heritage.
- They abound in old catches, glees, and choice stories that are traditional in the place and not to be met with in any other part of the metropolis.
— from The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving - 131 Thomas , Col. W. H. on Junaluska 165 Thomas , Col. W. H. on traditional predecessors of Cherokee 23 Thomas , Col. W. H. on Rutherford’s route 205
— from Myths of the Cherokee by James Mooney - So called from a traditional water monster of that name, said to have lived in a deep hole in the stream.
— from Myths of the Cherokee by James Mooney - They were great dance leaders, which agrees with their traditional reputation for ceremonial and secret knowledge.
— from Myths of the Cherokee by James Mooney - I can think of no better pastime than origami, the traditional Japanese art of folding paper.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno - The Vāriyars are described, in the Gazetteer of Malabar, as “a caste whose traditional duty is to sweep the temple precincts (vāruga).
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston
