Folktale Studies

Folktale Studies is a scholarly field within folklore studies that systematically analyzes traditional narratives to identify and interpret patterns of narrative structure, cultural meaning, and symbolic significance.

797

Publications

29.8K

Citations

945

Authors

220

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

Parents

Folklore Studies

Children

Animal TalesComparative Folktale AnalysisEtiological TalesFolktale AdaptationFolktale ClassificationFolktale PerformanceFolktale TransmissionFolktale VariationNarrative StructureRegional Folktale Traditions

Publications

797

From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and Their Tellers

JoAnn Conrad · Journal of American Folklore · 1999 · 550 citations

Humanities, Folklore Studies, Folklore Theory +10

In search of authenticity: the formation of folklore studies

Choice Reviews Online · 1998 · 518 citations

Humanities, Cultural Studies, Folklore Studies +10

Cultural additivity: behavioural insights from the interaction of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism in folktales

Quan‐Hoang Vuong, Quang-Khiem Bui, Viet‐Phuong La et al. · Palgrave Communications · 2018 · 478 citations · Full text

Humanities, Folklore Studies, Religion +6

Toward a Definition of Folklore in Context

Dan Ben‐Amos · Journal of American Folklore · 1971 · 414 citations · Full text

Humanities, Anthropology, Literature +7

Four Functions of Folklore

William Bascom · Journal of American Folklore · 1954 · 395 citations

Humanities, Anthropology, Folklore Studies +6

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Authors

945

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Alan Dundes
University of California, Berkeley, United States
11 publications · 685 citations
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Jack Zipes
University of Florida, United States
10 publications · 568 citations
10
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Simon J. Bronner
Pennsylvania State University, United States
7 publications · 169 citations
7
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Roger D. Abrahams
The University of Texas at Austin, United States
6 publications · 422 citations
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Richard Bauman
The University of Texas at Austin, United States
6 publications · 141 citations
6
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Institutions

220

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Venues

Journal of American Folklore
JAF · 138 publications · 6.8K citations
38
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Choice Reviews Online
CRO · 74 publications · 3.9K citations
34
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Western Folklore
59 publications · 2.4K citations
25
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Asian Folklore Studies
27 publications · 827 citations
19
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Folklore
34 publications · 674 citations
17
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See also Folktale Studies
Narrative Structure	Narrative Motifs
Cultural Context	Traditional Gender Roles Social Order Collective Memory Cultural Symbolism
Interpretive Theories	Postcolonial Theory Media Anthropology
Comparative Methods	Atu Classification System Topic Modeling Bayesian Latent Dirichlet Allocation K-means Clustering Needleman-wunsch Algorithm Bag Of Words Phylogenetics Self-organizing Maps
Transmission Processes	Digital Storytelling