Adventure Folklore

Adventure Folklore is a genre of contemporary folk narrative distinguished by its recounting of supposedly true, first-person experiences involving risky or transgressive nocturnal excursions to haunted or taboo locations, often structured as a ritualized test of courage.

Publications

232

Citations

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Publications per year

2017–2026

Parents

Legend Tripping

Publications

Tales from the Thousand and One Nights

James A. Bellamy, N. J. Dawood · Journal of the American Oriental Society · 1975 · 58 citations

Humanities, Literature, Folktale Studies +7

Seven Types of Adventure Tale: An Etiology of a Major Genre.

Gary Hentzi, Martin Green · Eighteenth-Century Studies · 1992 · 54 citations

Humanities, Literature, Genre Studies +15

Seven types of adventure tale: an etiology of a major genre

Choice Reviews Online · 1992 · 29 citations

Humanities, Literature, Genre Studies +15

An Unexpected Font of Folklore: Online Gaming as Occupational Lore

Ben Gillis · Western Folklore · 2011 · 20 citations

Humanities, Folklore Studies, Digital Folklore +10

Spirit Mountain: An Anthology of Yuman Story and Song

Robert L. Berner, Leanne Hinton, Lucille J. Watahomigie · World Literature Today · 1985 · 17 citations

Humanities, Cultural Studies, Literature +11

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Authors

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Ben Gillis
1 publications · 20 citations
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Martin A. Green
UNSW Sydney, Australia
1 publications · 16 citations
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Maurice Kenny
1 publications · 11 citations
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Leanne Hinton
University of California, Berkeley, United States
1 publications · 17 citations
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Robert L. Berner
1 publications · 17 citations
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Venues

American Literature
1 publications · 16 citations
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Choice Reviews Online
CRO · 1 publications · 29 citations
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Studia Islamica
1 publications · 12 citations
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Eighteenth-Century Studies
1 publications · 54 citations
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World Literature Today
WLT · 1 publications · 17 citations
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