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Ryrhakenema (from ryrha (dream) and kenem (singer)) are kavkema specifically tasked with the keeping and telling of stories. Depending on regional habits, they may be religious leaders, sometimes even organisational leaders.
Ryrhakenema in general
With only very few exceptions, ryrhakenema carry a story staff, on which they indiscriminately write stories of both fact and fiction (not that these are easy to distinguish, although on a personal level ryrhakenema are quite interested in knowing whether a story is the one or the other, as they don't want to be misleading when someone else comes to them for advice).
To any who will listen, they tell the stories not only of the mythologies local to the area, but any known to them. They're expected to give spiritual advice to those asking for it, regardless of anyone's religious convictions or lack thereof.