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Narrative Folklore

Narrative folklore is folklore comprising traditional narratives such as myths, legends, folktales, and anecdotes that communicate informally learned cultural knowledge through oral and literary forms.

284

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10.7K

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394

Authors

87

Institutions

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2017–2026

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Publications

284

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

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

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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

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The Types of the Folktale. A Classification and Bibliography

William A. Lessa, Antti Aarne, Stith Thompson · Journal of American Folklore · 1963 · 355 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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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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Authors

394

  1. AD
    Alan Dundes

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    10 publications · 513 citations

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  2. JZ
    Jack Zipes

    University of Florida, United States

    6 publications · 490 citations

    6

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  3. RD
    Roger D. Abrahams

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    5 publications · 326 citations

    5

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  4. SS
    Steven Swann Jones

    National Radio Astronomy Observatory, United States

    4 publications · 406 citations

    4

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  5. RM
    Richard M. Dorson

    Indiana University, United States

    4 publications · 160 citations

    4

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Institutions

87

  1. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    146 citations

  2. Sebelas Maret University

    Surakarta, Indonesia

    2 h-index

    9 publications

    171 citations

  3. Estonian Literary Museum

    Tartu, Estonia

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    103 citations

  4. Drexel University

    Philadelphia, United States

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    75 citations

  5. Mahidol University

    Bangkok, Thailand

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    43 citations

  6. Royal Stoke University Hospital

    Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    38 citations

  7. Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    478 citations

  8. McMaster University

    Hamilton, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    22 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of American Folklore

    JAF · 57 publications · 2.5K citations

    25

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 27 publications · 1.1K citations

    19

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  3. Western Folklore

    25 publications · 1.2K citations

    18

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  4. Folklore

    13 publications · 230 citations

    12

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  5. Asian Folklore Studies

    11 publications · 347 citations

    11

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See also

Narrative Folklore

Narrative Genres

Social Functions

Performance Contexts

Transmission Modes

Motif Structures