1. Ballads a song or poem, especially a traditional one or one in a traditional style, telling a story in a number of short regular stanzas, often with a refrain

2. Ballads Ideal way to pass along information about current events and beliefs of cultural importance in an illiterate society.

4. Domestic conflicts

5. Disastrous wars

6. Shipwrecks

8. Envy

9. Revenge

10. Rebellion

11. Betrayal

12. loyalty, and patriotism