imuilmaan
Imuilmaan is a term used in speculative fiction and world-building to describe a system of communal memory transmission central to certain fictional cultures. It denotes both a ceremonial practice and the social mechanisms by which knowledge—laws, genealogies, histories, and skills—is preserved and passed down across generations.
The word is a neologism created for construct worlds and has no attested basis in any real
In its fictional depictions, imuilmaan often relies on memory-keepers, storytellers, or guardians who perform recitations at
Scholarly and fan discussions view imuilmaan as a useful fictional analogue for real-world concepts of memory,