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William A. Lessa

WA

22

Publications

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Citations

18

H-Index

1950

Active since

Affiliations

University of California, Los Angeles(Current)

William A. Lessa is an author at University of California, Los Angeles specializing in anthropology, cultural anthropology, and language studies.

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AnthropologyCultural AnthropologyLanguageCultural HistoryEducationEthnographyCultural StudiesPolynesian StudiesSocial AnthropologyComparative Religion

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1950–1983

22

Publications

22

The Types of the Folktale. A Classification and Bibliography

William A. Lessa, Antti Aarne, Stith Thompson · Journal of American Folklore · 1963 · 355 citations

Literary History, Mythology, Folklore Tradition +3

Reader in Comparative Religion: An Anthropological Approach

Rev. Paul E. Lang, William A. Lessa, Evon Z. Vogt · The American Catholic Sociological Review · 1959 · 182 citations

Religion Studies, Education, Comparative Theology +5

Reader in Comparative Religion: An Anthropological Approach.

Dan W. Dodson, William A. Lessa, Evon Z. Vogt · Journal of Educational Sociology · 1958 · 176 citations

Religious Symbol, Human Society, Education +17

Ifa Divination: Communication between Gods and Men in West Africa

William A. Lessa, William Bascom · Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion · 1970 · 174 citations

African History, Religious Symbol, Christian Practice +7

Reader in Comparative Religion: An Anthropological Approach.

David Parkin, William A. Lessa, Evon Z. Vogt · Man · 1974 · 141 citations

Religion Studies, Education, Comparative Theology +5

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