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Proverb Origins

Proverb Origins is the academic study of the historical sources and developmental emergence of proverbs within specific cultural, linguistic, and social contexts, distinguishing it from broader proverb analysis by focusing on etymological and contextual provenance.

38

Publications

1.8K

Citations

43

Authors

17

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

4

Variants

Paremiological OriginsProverb Origin

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Publications

38

The Historical Development of the Written Discourses on<i>Ubuntu</i>

Christian Gade · South African Journal of Philosophy · 2011 · 233 citations

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The Wisdom of Many: Essays on the Proverb

W. K. McNeil, Wolfgang Mieder, Alan Dundes et al. · Journal of American Folklore · 1983 · 136 citations

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Proverbs and the Ethnography of Speaking Folklore<sup>1</sup>

E. Ojo Arewa, Alan Dundes · American Anthropologist · 1964 · 125 citations

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Twisted Wisdom: Modern Anti-Proverbs

David Mayer, Wolfgang Mieder · Asian Folklore Studies · 2000 · 110 citations

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Aesopica: A Series of Texts Relating to Aesop or Ascribed to Him or Closely Connected with the Literary Tradition That Bears His Name

Warren E. Blake, Ben Edwin Perry · The American Journal of Philology · 1954 · 100 citations

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Authors

43

  1. WM
    Wolfgang Mieder

    Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Spain

    6 publications · 448 citations

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  2. AD
    Alan Dundes

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    4 publications · 463 citations

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  3. EU
    Elke U. Weber

    Columbia University, United States

    1 publications · 53 citations

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  4. RM
    Ralph Marcus

    Columbia University, United States

    1 publications · 24 citations

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  5. MP
    Morris P. Tilley

    King's College London, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 42 citations

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Institutions

17

  1. Whitworth University

    Spokane, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    28 citations

  2. Miles College

    Fairfield, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    63 citations

  3. Aarhus University

    Aarhus, Denmark

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    233 citations

  4. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    20 citations

  5. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    53 citations

  6. Indiana University Bloomington

    Bloomington, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    22 citations

  7. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol

    Barcelona, Spain

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    63 citations

  8. University of Osijek

    Osijek, Croatia

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    32 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of American Folklore

    JAF · 3 publications · 208 citations

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  2. Journal of Biblical Literature

    SBL · 3 publications · 99 citations

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  3. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 3 publications · 171 citations

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  4. Bulletin for Biblical Research

    BBR · 2 publications · 96 citations

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  5. Journal of the American Oriental Society

    2 publications · 77 citations

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