Folkloristics

Folkloristics is the formal academic study of folklore such as fairy tales and folk mythology in oral or non-literary traditions. It makes use of such methods as the Aarne-Thompson classification system or the morphology devised for Russian tales by Vladimir Propp.

Related Topics:
Folklore - Fairy tale - Mythology - Aarne-Thompson classification system - Morphology - Vladimir Propp

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Scholars specializing in folkloristics are known as folklorists or mythologists. Some scholars include :

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• Antti Aarne, see also :de:Antti Aarne
• Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev, see :de:Aleksander Afanasjew
• Walter Anderson, see also :de:Walter Anderson
• Johannes Bolte, see :de:Johannes Bolte
• Ben Botkin
• Jan Harold Brunvand
• Thomas Bulfinch
• John Francis Campbell
• Thomas Crofton Croker
• Jeremiah Curtin
• J. Frank Dobie
• Richard Dorson
• Alan Dundes
• Arnold van Gennep
• Glen Grant
• Archie Green
• Brothers Grimm
• Edith Hamilton
• Zora Neale Hurston
• Douglas Hyde
• Alan Jabbour
• Thomas Keightley
• Julius Krohn, see :de:Julius Krohn
• Kaarle Krohn, see :de:Kaarle Krohn
• Andrew Lang
• Gershon Legman
• Isidor Levin, see :de:Isidor Levin
• Alan Lomax
• John Lomax
• Elias Lönnrot
• Albert Lord
• F. Max Müller
• William Wells Newell
• Alfred Nutt
• Axel Olrik
• Américo Paredes
• Charles Perrault
• Giuseppe Pitrè
• Vladimir Propp, see also :de:Wladimir Jakowlewitsch Propp
• Kurt Ranke, see :de:Kurt Ranke
• Ralph Rinzler
• Yuri Sokolov
• Carl von Sydow
• Archer Taylor, see :de:Archer Taylor
• Stith Thompson, see :de:Stith Thompson
• Jane Wilde, Lady Wilde
• Don Yoder
• Özhan Öztürk
 
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