Folkloric Legend Classification
Folkloric Legend Classification is a scholarly framework within folklore studies that systematically categorizes legends based on shared narrative motifs, cultural origins, and traditional transmission modes, distinguishing it from other classification systems by its exclusive focus on the folkloric dimensions and contextual authenticity of legendary narratives.
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The Forms of Folklore: Prose Narratives
William Bascom · Journal of American Folklore · 1965 · 320 citations
Legend and belief: dialectics of a folklore genre
Choice Reviews Online · 2002 · 96 citations
Aliens, Ghosts, and Cults: Legends We Live
Elissa R. Henken, Bill Ellis · Western Folklore · 2002 · 76 citations · Full text
Legend and Belief: Dialectics of a Folklore Genre
Bill Ellis, Linda Dégh · Western Folklore · 2001 · 68 citations · Full text
Aliens, ghosts, and cults: legends we live
Choice Reviews Online · 2002 · 65 citations
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University of Hertfordshire
Hatfield, United Kingdom
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1 publications
44 citations

University of Colorado Denver
Denver, United States
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1 publications
15 citations

College of Charleston
Charleston, United States
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15 citations
Columbia University
New York, United States
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1 publications
15 citations
China University of Geosciences
Wuhan, China
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4 publications
60 citations

China University of Geosciences (Beijing)
Beijing, China
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4 publications
60 citations
Indiana University Bloomington
Bloomington, United States
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1 publications
34 citations
Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
Beijing, China
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CRO · 7 publications · 319 citations
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5 publications · 196 citations
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JAF · 3 publications · 347 citations
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3 publications · 107 citations
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PSQ · 1 publications · 15 citations
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