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Folktale Classification Systems

Folktale Classification Systems is a methodological framework within folklore studies that systematically organizes oral narrative traditions according to recurring thematic, structural, and motifs-based patterns to facilitate cross-cultural analysis and comparative research.

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2017–2026

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Folktale Typologies

Parents

Publications

42

The Tree of Life: Universal and Cultural Features of Folkbiological Taxonomies and Inductions

Alejandro López, Scott Atran, John D. Coley et al. · Cognitive Psychology · 1997 · 371 citations

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The Forms of Folklore: Prose Narratives

William Bascom · Journal of American Folklore · 1965 · 320 citations

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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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The types of international folktales : a classification andbibliography.

Hans-Jörg Uther, Sabine Dinslage · 2004 · 244 citations

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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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Authors

61

  1. ST
    Stith Thompson

    Indiana University, United States

    4 publications · 522 citations

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  2. JH
    Jan Harold Brunvand

    University of Utah, United States

    2 publications · 86 citations

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  3. TB
    Thomas Blackburn

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    2 publications · 124 citations

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  4. TP
    Tenelle Porter

    University of California, Davis, United States

    1 publications · 55 citations

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  5. WB
    William Bascom

    Northwestern University, United States

    1 publications · 320 citations

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Institutions

11

  1. Northwestern University

    Evanston, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    742 citations

  2. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    371 citations

  3. Durham University

    Durham, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    197 citations

  4. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    371 citations

  5. Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences

    Leipzig, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    371 citations

  6. Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research

    Cologne, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    371 citations

  7. Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas

    Córdoba, Argentina

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    371 citations

  8. University of Bradford

    Bradford, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    39 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of American Folklore

    JAF · 10 publications · 749 citations

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 7 publications · 256 citations

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  3. Western Folklore

    4 publications · 168 citations

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  4. Asian Folklore Studies

    3 publications · 64 citations

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  5. University of Zagreb University Computing Centre (SRCE)

    Repository · 2 publications · 33 citations

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