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Encyclopedia > Folklorist

Folkloristics is the formal academic study of folklore and mythology. It makes use of such methods as the Aarne-Thompson classification system.


Scholars specializing in folkloristics are known as folklorists or mythologists. Some of the more famous scholars are:

Literature on the subject of folkloristics

  • Aarne, Antti (1961). "The Types of the Folktale: A Classification and Bibliography." ed. S. Thompson, Academia Scientiarum Fennica, Helsinki
  • v. Brednich, Rolf W. et al (2000)., "Enzyklopädie des Märchens: Handwörterbuch zur historischen und vergleichenden Erzählforschung", Verlag Walter de Gruyter, Berlin - New York
  • Thompson, Stith (1946). "The Folktale." The Dryden Press, New York

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C.A.R.T.S. (1912 words)
Folklorists study and think a lot about the skills and knowledge of different communities of people in the United States who pass on their values, attitudes, and beliefs through crafts, stories, music, dance and celebrations.
Folklorists document these traditions to preserve and share them with people both inside and outside the community.
A folklorist can go into a community and visit with an individual, ask questions, and tie different traditions together in a way that may make the person think more consciously about their every day activities.
Folkloristics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (110 words)
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.
Scholars specializing in folkloristics are known as folklorists or mythologists.
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