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The oldest known example of a narrative scene is a large vessel discovered at the Indus Valley Civilization site of Lothal. This vessel depicts birds with fish in their beaks resting in a tree while a fox-like animal stands below, resembling the story of The Fox and the Crow from the Panchatantra.
Georges Dumézil is the 20th Century philologist who developed the formative theory of trifunctionalism found in Indo-European mythologies. He asserted that Indo-European life was structured around three distinct societal functions: sovereignty, the proverbial hero, and the common people.
The three major types of illness narratives are restitution, chaos, and quest narratives. The restitution narrative views illness as a temporary detour, the chaos narrative sees it as a permanent worsening state, and the quest narrative frames the experience as an opportunity to transform oneself.
Lawrence Stone detected a move back toward narrative in historiography in 1979. He defined narrative as organized chronologically, focused on a single coherent story, and concerned with people rather than abstract circumstances.
The Western Apache tribe uses stories to warn of the misfortune that befalls people when they do not follow acceptable behavior. One specific story illustrates the offense of a mother's meddling in her married son's life, which leads to her death.
The battle of the narratives is an emerging field of information warfare fought in the cognitive dimension of the information environment. It involves establishing the reasons for and potential outcomes of a conflict on terms favorable to one's efforts to shape reality and influence public opinion.