Download or read book Motif Index of Folk Literature past masters humanities databases full text written by [Anonymus AC03416919] and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This database is an electronic edition of the Motif-Index of Folk-Literature, revised and enlarged by Stith Thompson, (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1955).
Download or read book Archetypes and Motifs in Folklore and Literature A Handbook written by Jane Garry and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an authoritative presentation and discussion of the most basic thematic elements universally found in folklore and literature. The reference provides a detailed analysis of the most common archetypes or motifs found in the folklore of selected communities around the world. Each entry is written by a noted authority in the field, and includes accompanying reference citations. Entries are keyed to the Motif-Index of Folk Literature by Stith Thompson and grouped according to that Index's scheme. The reference also includes an introductory essay on the concepts of archetypes and motifs and the scholarship associated with them. This is the only book in English on motifs and themes that is completely folklore oriented, deals with motif numbers, and is tied to the Thompson Motif-Index. It includes in-depth examination of such motifs as: Bewitching; Chance and Fate; Choice of Roads; Death or Departure of the Gods; the Double; Ghosts and Other Revenants; the Hero Cycle; Journey to the Otherworld; Magic Invulnerability; Soothsayer; Transformation; Tricksters.
Download or read book Motif index of Folk literature written by Stith Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This index is organized by motif, or subject, so related versions of particular stories are classified together, across cultures and time periods. Very detailed, with source citations, is a classic work of its type.
Download or read book A Motif Index of Traditional Polynesian Narratives written by Bacil F. Kirtley and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2019-09-30 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This reference work analyzes and classifies the story themes of Polynesian myths, tales, and legends according to an internationally employed system developed by Stith Thompson in his Motif Index of Folk-Literature ( 1955-1958). Thousands of tales, including those from almost all of the major original collections from the Polynesian area, have been examined and their thematic contents cataloged in this work. In his introduction, the author explains the concept of the motif as a basis for cataloging. He quotes from Professor Thompson's definition of a motif: “the smallest element in a tale having the power to persist in tradition,” for example, gods, marvelous creatures, magic objects, and certain kinds of incidents. The author believes “the function of an index of motifs is to cite bibliographical sources of narratives containing these viable (often irreducible) story elements, and thus to provide the investigator of specific story ideas with comparative Information.” The present work is an attempt to survey thoroughly the totality of Polynesian oral tradition and to indicate the distribution and relationships of narrative materials. Not since the publication of Roland B. Dixon's work on Oceanic mythology in 1916 has this been attempted. This index will be an invaluable reference tool for anyone doing research in Oceanic ethnology and folklore.
Download or read book Motif index of Folk Literature written by Stith Thompson and published by . This book was released on 2004* with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This database is an electronic edition of the Motif-Index of Folk-Literature, revised and enlarged by Stith Thompson, (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1955)"--Preface.
Download or read book Motif index of Folk literature F H written by Stith Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Type and Motif Index of the Folktales of England and North America written by Ernest W. Baughman and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2012-01-19 with total page 685 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Motif index of Folk literature written by Stith Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Motif Index of Folk Literature Volume 4 written by Stith Thompson and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1955 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This monumental work has now become... the indispensable tool of all folk narrative scholars." --Southern Folklore Quarterly "A work of this kind can never be quite complete, but in this work Stith Thompson has approached perfection." --Volkskunde "An invaluable aid to students and scholars... " --Reference & Research Book News Indiana University Press, with the generous support of the L. J. and Mary C. Skaggs Foundation, is pleased to announce the republication of this folklore classic, in honor of the centenary of the American Folklore Society.
Download or read book Motif index of Folk literature written by Stith Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Motif Index of the Child Corpus written by Natascha Würzbach and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 1995 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Motif Index of Folk Literature Volume 6 2 written by Stith Thompson and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1960-01-22 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ""This monumental work has now become... the indispensable tool of all folk narrative scholars."" -- Southern Folklore Quarterly ""A work of this kind can never be quite complete, but in this work Stith Thompson has approached perfection."" -- Volkskunde ""An invaluable aid to students and scholars... "" -- Reference & Research Book News Indiana University Press, with the generous support of the L. J. and Mary C. Skaggs Foundation, is pleased to announce the republication of this folklore classic, in honor of the centenary of the American Folklore Society.
Download or read book Types of the Folktale in the Arab World written by Hasan M. El-Shamy and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 1302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only demographically oriented tale-type index for folktales of the Arab world
Download or read book Motif index of Folk literature written by Stith Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 892 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Folktale written by Stith Thompson and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1977 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As interest in folklore increases, the folktale acquires greater significance for students and teachers of literature. The material is massive and scattered; thus, few students or teachers have accessibility to other than small segments or singular tales or material they find buried in archives. Stith Thompson has divided his book into four sections which permit both the novice and the teacher to examine oral tradition and its manifestation in folklore. The introductory section discusses the nature and forms of the folktale. A comprehensive second part traces the folktale geographically from Ireland to India, giving culturally diverse examples of the forms presented in the first part. The examples are followed by the analysis of several themes in such tales from North American Indian cultures. The concluding section treats theories of the folktale, the collection and classification of folk narrative, and then analyzes the living folklore process. This work will appeal to students of the sociology of literature, professors of comparative literature, and general readers interested in folklore.
Download or read book Motif index of Folk literature written by Stith Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 904 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This index is organized by motif, or subject, so related versions of particular stories are classified together, across cultures and time periods. Very detailed, with source citations, is a classic work of its type.
