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Literary borrowing

A reference page linking a name, group, or concept to the materials that discuss it.

Use of material from an earlier text or tradition in a new work.

Alternatives can overlap; this diagram does not document a particular narrative’s route
Alternatives can overlap; this diagram does not document a particular narrative’s routeIL Archive · original diagram · CC BYImage source

Text

Borrowing describes the use of prior material, including retelling or adaptation rather than only literal copying. Specify whether a claim concerns a particular text or a broad tradition. [1]

Direct borrowing needs evidence distinguishing it from common ancestry and mediationIntercessionMediation subject in the cited Quranic texts to permission and approval, not divine independence.Glossary · Click to read the explanation. The term is not itself a moral charge of plagiarism. The diagram explains alternatives rather than documenting a particular transfer.

References and notes

  1. Emily West, “The Transformation of Cyavana: A Case Study in Narrative Evolution”, Oral Tradition 31/1 (2017), pp. 77–122 pp. 77–81, especially p. 78: comparison criteria and their limits. Tigay 1993 is reported through West, not directly read. Return to the text ↑

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  1. Edition 2 · 11 October 2026 · editor:aladmin

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IL Archive, «Literary borrowing», Edition 2, https://ilarchive.com/en/entities/literary-borrowing