The Motif-Index of Folk-Literature is a six volume catalogue of motifs, granular elements of folklore, composed by American folklorist Stith Thompson (1932–1936...
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Uther (2004). The ATU index is an essential tool for folklorists, used along with the Thompson (1932) Motif-Index of Folk-Literature. Austrian consul Johann...
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Stith Thompson (category University of California, Berkeley alumni)
the "Thompson" of the Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index, which indexes folktales by type, and the author of the Motif-Index of Folk-Literature, a resource for...
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Phoenix (mythology) (category National symbols of Greece)
born again. In the Motif-Index of Folk-Literature, a tool used by folklorists, the phoenix is classified as motif B32. The origin of the phoenix has been...
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based on the Motif-Index of Folk-Literature, by Stith Thompson: A0 Creator A100—A199. The gods in general A101. Supreme God A104. The Making of the Gods A107...
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The Forgotten Bride (section Related motifs)
tales, which can comprise several motifs. It may be found, e.g., in Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature as "D2003. Forgotten fiancée. Young...
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Dying-and-rising god (redirect from List of dying or rising deities)
Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature (1932), and "resurrection of gods" is motif A193. The motif of a dying deity appears within the mythology of diverse...
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Deal with the Devil (category Literary motifs)
of Giuseppe Tartini and Niccolò Paganini to the "crossroad" myth associated with Robert Johnson. In Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature,...
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and serendipitous fool. The six volume Motif-Index of Folk-Literature contains (in volume four) a group of motifs under the category "Fools (and other unwise...
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portal Fantasy tropes Invariance principle Literary topos Meme Motif-Index of Folk-Literature Scheme (linguistics) Stereotype Tropological reading TV Tropes...
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Ness Monster. Depictions of lake monsters are often similar to those of sea monsters. In the Motif-Index of Folk-Literature, entities classified as "lake...
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butt of jokes of this type are the Wise Men of Gotham. A number of works of satire are set in a town of fools. The Motif-Index of Folk-Literature includes...
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Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature, with the following subcategories: A192.1. Death of the gods (also F259.1. Mortality of fairies) A192.1...
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Open sesame (category Quotations from literature)
Literaturzeitung (1902), as reported in Haupt. S. Thompson, Motif-index of folk-literature : a classification of narrative elements in folktales, ballads, myths,...
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Molbo story (category Towns of fools)
Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index as ATU 1288 "Numskulls Cannot Find Their Own Legs" (also AT 1288 "Fools Cannot Find Their Own Legs" and in Motif-Index of Folk-Literature: J2021...
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who causes death to those who look into its eyes. In Motif-Index of Folk-Literature this motif is classified under C300-C399 "Looking taboo": C310: looking...
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King Stakh's Wild Hunt (category Belarusian-language literature)
the Wild Hunt - a folklore motif (Motif E501 in Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature) that occurs in the folklore of various Northern and Eastern...
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Wolf, goat and cabbage problem (redirect from Problem of the wolf, goat, and cabbage)
Zimbabwe., pp. 26–27; It has been given the index number H506.3 in Stith Thompson's motif index of folk literature, and is ATU 1579 in the Aarne–Thompson classification...
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Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature (Indiana University Studies, Vol. 5, 1935), p. 416. There is evidence pointing to the North of England, specifically...
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complexities of folklore studies, to build complex theories around a single version of a tale that supports their own theory or a proposal. Motif-Index of Folk-Literature...
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The Old Woman and Her Pig (category English folk songs)
Under Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature, this nursery rhyme is classified as follows: Z. Miscellaneous Groups of Motifs Z0—Z99. Formulas Z40...
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ISBN 978-1-135-88033-0. Abbott 1989. Boberg, Inger M. (1966). Motif-Index of Folk-Literature. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde and Bagger. G303.3.3.4.2. "The Morrigan's...
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Sky deity (redirect from Deities of the sky)
ones. Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature reflects this by separating the category of "Sky-god" (A210) from that of "Star-god" (A250). In mythology...
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Jinn (section Post-modern literature and movies)
maint: location missing publisher (link) Thompson, S. (1955). Motif-Index of Folk-Literature. Vol. 1–6 (rev. ed.). Bloomington, IL.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint:...
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Cephalophore (category Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets via Module:Annotated link)
the Green Knight. The motif Head in Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk Literature reveals how universal is the "anomaly" of the talking severed head...
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Morpheme (section Classification of bound morphemes)
English Morphological parsing Morphophonology Morphotactics Motif-Index of Folk-Literature, featuring a comparable concept in folklore studies Theoretical...
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Swan maiden (redirect from Animal wife motif)
Type and Motif Index of Japanese Folk-Literature. Folklore Fellows Communications. Vol. 184. Suomalainen tiedeakatemia. p. 78. ... the motifs of Types 313...
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Saint Roch (redirect from St. Rochus of Montpellier)
Thompson, Motif-Index of Folk-Literature (Indiana University Press) 1955–58; the birthmark recognition has figured in romance and marvel literature since...
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2013, p. 18 Kunio 1986, p. 6-8. Hiroko Ikeda. A Type and Motif Index of Japanese Folk-Literature. Folklore Fellows Communications Vol. 209. Helsinki: Suomalainen...
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motif in medieval and folk literature, especially fairy tales. It was also termed a blind promise or rash boon. It is classified in the Motif-Index of...
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