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Folktale Comparison

Folktale Comparison is a systematic method within Comparative Folklore that identifies, analyzes, and interprets structural, thematic, and morphological correspondences and variations among folktales across different cultural traditions to determine relationships, origins, and transmission 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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Breaking the Magic Spell: Radical Theories of Folk and Fairy Tales

Steven Swann Jones, Jack Zipes · Western Folklore · 1982 · 256 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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Authors

82

  1. AD
    Alan Dundes

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    3 publications · 231 citations

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  2. JZ
    Jack Zipes

    University of Florida, United States

    3 publications · 385 citations

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  3. JJ
    Jamshid J. Tehrani

    Durham University, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 399 citations

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  4. IN
    I Nyoman Darma Putra

    Udayana University, Indonesia

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  5. DH
    Donald Haase

    1 publications · 27 citations

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Institutions

15

  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. University of Birmingham

    Birmingham, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

  5. University of Venda

    Thohoyandou, South Africa

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  6. University of Utah

    Salt Lake City, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

  7. Universidade Nova de Lisboa

    Lisbon, Portugal

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    202 citations

  8. University of Minnesota System

    Minneapolis, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of American Folklore

    JAF · 13 publications · 400 citations

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  2. Folklore

    5 publications · 104 citations

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  3. Western Folklore

    3 publications · 300 citations

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  4. Asian Folklore Studies

    3 publications · 70 citations

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  5. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 2 publications · 105 citations

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