staregrkimi
Staregrkimi is a fictional term used in speculative fiction and worldbuilding to describe a ceremonial practice of preserving and transmitting a community’s memory within a constructed culture. It also refers to the material records created during the ritual, which scholars in the imagined world treat as authoritative sources for history, law, and genealogy.
Etymology of the word is fictional, derived from invented languages and naming conventions within the associated
The practice of staregrkimi centers on the creation and safeguarding of memory records that encode oral histories,
Cultural context and variation are common across different regions of the fictional world. Some communities stress
In fiction and role-playing settings, staregrkimi is frequently used as a plot device to explore themes of
See also: constructed language, worldbuilding, oral history.