# Inspector task sheet

Dhegdheer: the valley where virtue defeats a monster

## 1. Trace the earliest accessible record

For Dhegdheer: the valley where virtue defeats a monster, record author or storyteller, collection date, language, translation, page and exact scope. Distinguish evidence of a story being told from evidence of its events. Note which full documents remain unavailable.

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## 2. Investigate the central question

Compare legally accessible editions and attributed tellers in Somali and English. Record changes in names, ending and moral emphasis separately. Ask consent before recording living narrators and avoid treating one diaspora publication as every community's version.

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## 3. Compare explanations without merging evidence

Compare the moral language and ending across attributed versions. Compare editions and narration recordings without merging their differences. Preserve contradictions and unsuccessful searches; proposed work remains unperformed.

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