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Comparative Folktale Analysis

Comparative Folktale Analysis is a methodological framework within Folktale Studies that systematically identifies, classifies, and interprets structural, thematic, and morphological correspondences and variations across folktales from distinct cultural, linguistic, or regional traditions to reconstruct historical relationships, trace diffusion patterns, or elucidate universal narrative patterns.

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Motif-Index of Folk-Literature: A Classification of Narrative Elements in Folk-Tales, Ballads, Myths, Fables, Mediaeval Romances, Exempla, Fabliaux, Jest-Books, and Local Legends

Archer Taylor, Stith Thompson · American Literature · 1935 · 279 citations

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Comparative phylogenetic analyses uncover the ancient roots of Indo-European folktales

Sara Graça da Silva, Jamshid J. Tehrani · Royal Society Open Science · 2016 · 202 citations · Full text

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The Phylogeny of Little Red Riding Hood

Jamshid J. Tehrani · PLoS ONE · 2013 · 197 citations · Full text

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Interpretation of Fairy Tales: Danish Folklore in a European Perspective

Alan Dundes, Bengt Holbek · Journal of American Folklore · 1991 · 152 citations

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Studies in Irish and Scandinavian Folktales

Robert Evans, Reidar Th. Christiansen · Journal of American Folklore · 1961 · 55 citations

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Authors

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  1. JJ
    Jamshid J. Tehrani

    Durham University, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 399 citations

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  2. AM
    Aurelio M. Espinosa

    1 publications · 21 citations

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  3. AD
    Alan Dundes

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    1 publications · 152 citations

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  4. AT
    Archer Taylor

    1 publications · 279 citations

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  5. MC
    Mitchell Cawson

    St. Lawrence University, United States

    1 publications · 26 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Durham University

    Durham, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    399 citations

  2. Universitas Semarang

    Semarang, Indonesia

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    36 citations

  3. University of Lisbon

    Lisbon, Portugal

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    202 citations

  4. Nanyang Technological University

    Singapore, Singapore

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  5. Indiana University

    Bloomington, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    18 citations

  6. St. Lawrence University

    Canton, United States

    1 h-index

    16 publications

    416 citations

  7. Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  8. Washington State University

    Pullman, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

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  1. Journal of American Folklore

    JAF · 7 publications · 280 citations

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  2. Béaloideas

    1 publications · 16 citations

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  3. Folklore

    2 publications · 41 citations

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  4. PLoS ONE

    1 publications · 197 citations

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  5. KEMANUSIAAN the Asian Journal of Humanities

    1 publications · 12 citations

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