The Folktale
The Folktale

Author: Stith Thompson

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1977

Total Pages: 532

ISBN-13: 9780520035379

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As interest in folklore increases, the folktale acquires greater significance for students and teachers of literature. The material is massive and scattered; thus, few students or teachers have accessibility to other than small segments or singular tales or material they find buried in archives. Stith Thompson has divided his book into four sections which permit both the novice and the teacher to examine oral tradition and its manifestation in folklore. The introductory section discusses the nature and forms of the folktale. A comprehensive second part traces the folktale geographically from Ireland to India, giving culturally diverse examples of the forms presented in the first part. The examples are followed by the analysis of several themes in such tales from North American Indian cultures. The concluding section treats theories of the folktale, the collection and classification of folk narrative, and then analyzes the living folklore process. This work will appeal to students of the sociology of literature, professors of comparative literature, and general readers interested in folklore.

FCC Record
FCC Record

Author: United States. Federal Communications Commission

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 720

ISBN-13:

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Folklore
Folklore

Author: Joseph Jacobs

Publisher:

Published: 1912

Total Pages: 614

ISBN-13:

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Most vols. for 1890- contain list of members of the Folk-lore Society.

The Fairy Tale
The Fairy Tale

Author: Steven Swann Jones

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9780415938914

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First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

I Could Talk Old-Story Good
I Could Talk Old-Story Good

Author: Daniel J. Crowley

Publisher: University of California Press

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 0520363760

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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1966.

The Legend of Miaoshan
The Legend of Miaoshan

Author: Glen Dudbridge

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2004-02-19

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 0199266719

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The tale of a devout Buddhist girl who separates from her family and through suffering and death finally achieves divine status is a myth of religious celibacy, of filial piety, and of ritual salvation of the dead. It also presents a major symbol of the tension in women's lives between individual spiritual fulfillment and the imperatives of family duty. This is a new edition of the first full study of this important and influential Chinese legend.

Mythic Discourses
Mythic Discourses

Author: Frog

Publisher: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura

Published: 2012-12-31

Total Pages: 487

ISBN-13: 9522227633

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Mythic discourses in the present day show how vernacular heritage continues to function and be valuable through emergent interpretations and revaluations. At the same time, continuities in mythic images, motifs, myths and genres reveal the longue durée of mythologies and their transformations. The eighteen articles of Mythic Discourses address the many facets of myth in Uralic cultures, from the Finnish and Karelian world-creation to Nenets shamans, offering multidisciplinary perspectives from twenty eastern and western scholars. The mythologies of Uralic peoples differ so considerably that mythology is approached here in a broad sense, including myths proper, religious beliefs and associated rituals. Traditions are addressed individually, typologically, and in historical perspective. The range and breadth of the articles, presenting diverse living mythologies, their histories and relationships to traditions of other cultures such as Germanic and Slavic, all come together to offer a far richer and more developed perspective on Uralic traditions than any one article could do alone.