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Folklore Motif Analysis

Folklore Motif Analysis is a systematic hermeneutic method in folkloristics that identifies, categorizes, and interprets recurring narrative elements across oral and literary traditions to elucidate their cultural, symbolic, and structural significance.

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2017–2026

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Publications

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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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Archetypes and motifs in folklore and literature: a handbook

Choice Reviews Online · 2005 · 52 citations

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CONSTRUCTION SACRIFICE AND KIDNAPPING RUMOR PANICS IN BORNEO

Richard Allen Drake · Oceania · 1989 · 41 citations

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A Type and Motif Index of Japanese Folk-Literature.

Thomas Immoos, Hiroko Ikeda · Monumenta Nipponica · 1973 · 23 citations

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Vernacular Reactions to COVID-19 in Estonia: Crisis Folklore and Coping

Reet Hiiemäe, Mare Kalda, Mare Kõiva et al. · Folklore Electronic Journal of Folklore · 2021 · 23 citations · Full text

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Authors

21

  1. JB
    John Bierhorst

    1 publications · 10 citations

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  2. PV
    Piret Voolaid

    Estonian Literary Museum, Estonia

    1 publications · 23 citations

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  3. TI
    Thomas Immoos

    1 publications · 23 citations

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  4. DW
    David W. Plath

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  5. RH
    Reet Hiiemäe

    Estonian Literary Museum, Estonia

    1 publications · 23 citations

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Institutions

4

  1. Derbyshire County Council

    Matlock, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

  2. Estonian Literary Museum

    Tartu, Estonia

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    92 citations

  3. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    41 citations

  4. Meertens Institute

    Amsterdam, Netherlands

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  5. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    1 publications

    19 citations

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Venues

  1. Folklore

    3 publications · 43 citations

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  2. Journal of Japanese Studies

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  3. Journal of the American Oriental Society

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  4. American Literature

    1 publications · 279 citations

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  5. Folklore Electronic Journal of Folklore

    1 publications · 23 citations

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