Research Guides: Traditions: Narratives

Hans Christian Andersen

Constantin Hansen (1804–1880): Hans Christian Andersen (1836)

Bibliographies

Afro-American Folk Culture: An Annotated Bibliography of Materials from North, Central, and South America, and the West Indies
by John F. Szwed and Roger D. Abrahams
Location 1: Tozzer Library REF E29.N3 Z99 1978
Location 2: Widener Library Pusey 3 Stacks WID-LC GR103.Z99 S98 x
HOLLIS Catalog Record

American Folklore: A Bibliography, 1950-1974
by Cathleen C. Flanagan and John T. Flanagan
Location: Widener Library Loker Reading Room RR 4793.25
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Ballad Scholarship: An Annotated Bibliography
by W. Edson Richmond
Location 1: Lamont Library PN6110.B2 Z997 1989x
Location 2: Loeb Music Library Seeger Room PN6110.B2 R5 1989
Location 3: Tozzer Library REF PN 6110.B2 Z99 1989
Location 4: Widener Library Pusey 3 Stacks WID-LC PN6110.B2 Z997 x, 1989
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Bibliography of Irish Ethnology and Folk Tradition
by Kevin Danaher
Location 1: Tozzer Library REF DA927.Z99 D3 1978
Location 2: Widener Library Pusey Level 3 Stack WID-LC GN585.I7 Z992 x
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Bibliography of North American Folklore and Folksong, 2d ed. rev. [1961]
by Charles Haywood
Location 1: Loeb Music Library Seeger Room Z5984.U5 H32
Location 2: Widener Library Loker Reading Room RR 4793.30
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Bibliography of North American Folklore and Folksong, 1951
Location 1: Lamont Library Morse Music & Media GR105.Z99 H3 1951x
Tozzer Library REF E161.Z99 H3 1951
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Contemporary Legend: A Folklore Bibliography
by Gillian Bennett, Paul Smith
Location1: Tozzer Library REF GR78.Z99 B4 1993
Location 2: Widener Library WID-LC GR78.Z99.B46 1993x
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Fable Scholarship: An Annotated Bibliography
by Pack Carnes
Location 1: Tozzer Library REF PN 980.Z99 C3 1985
Location 2: Widener Library WID-LC PN980.Znn C37 x, 1985
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Tale Type- and Motif-Indexes: An Annotated Bibliography
by David S. Azzolina
Location 1: Tozzer Library REF GR 74.6.Z99 A88 1987
Location 2: Widener Library Liker Reading Room RR 4791.5
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Types of the Folktale: A Classification and Bibliography
by Aarne Antti
Location 1: Lamont Library GR40 .A1513 1964x
Location 2: Quad Library GR40 .A1513 1964x
Location 3: Widener Library Loker Reading Room RR4791.24.5

World Mythology: An Annotated Guide to Collections and Anthologies
by Thomas J. Sienkewicz
Location 1: Tozzer Library REF Z7836 .S5 1996
Location 2: Widener Library RR 4791.14
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Guides and Handbooks

Companion to Literary Myths, Heroes and Archetypes
by Pierre Brunel, ed.
Location 1: Andover-Harvard Theological Library Ref. PN56.M95 D4813 1996
Location 2: Lamont Library REFERENCE PN56.M95 D4813 1996
Location 3: Widener Library WID-LC PN56.M95 D4813 1996
HOLLIS Catalog Record
Location 4: Widener Library WID-LC PN56.M95 D4813 1992
Location 5: Widener Library Loker Reading Room RR 3005.28.30
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Folklore: A Study and Research Guide
by Jan Harold Brunvand
Location 1: Widener Library Loker Reading Room RR 4791.12.2
Location 2: Lamont Reference GR66.Z99 B7
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Folklore and Folklife: A Guide to English Language References Sources
by Susan Steinfirst
Location 1: Tozzer Library REF GR66.Znn S7 1992
Location 2: Widener Library Loker Reading Room RR 4791.12
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Folklore and Folklife, An Introduction
Richard M. Dorson, ed.
Location 1: Lamont Library GR65.D57
Loeb Music Library Seeger Room GR65.D57
Tozzer Library REL.F 718
Widener Library Pusey 3 Stacks: 25221.278
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Folklore: Critical Concepts in Literary and Cultural Studies
Alan Dundes, ed.
Location: Widener Library Pusey 3 Stacks: WID-LC GR45.F65 2005
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Folklore, Cultural Performances, and Popular Entertainments: A Communications-Centered Handbook
by Richard Bauman, ed.
Location 1: Lamont Library GR35 .F64 1992
Location 2: Loeb Music Library Seeger Room GR35 .F64 1992
Location 3: Quad Library GR35 .F64 1992
Location 4: Tozzer Library TECH. F 719
Location 5: Widener Library Pusey 3 Stacks WID-LC GR35 .F64 1992
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Guide to Folktales in the English Language: based on the Aarne-Thompson Classification System
by D. L. Ashliman
Location: Widener Library Pusey 3 Stacks Call Number: WID-LC GR74.6.Z99 A84x 1987
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Handbook of American Folklore
by Richard M. Dorson, ed.
Location: Widener Library Pusey 3 Stacks
Call Number: WID-LC GR105 .H36 1983
Location: Lamont Library
Call Number: GR105 .H36 1983
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Journal Articles: Indexes and Full-Text Journal Archives

Resources marked with a symbol indicates that users with a Harvard PIN number may access the resources from off-campus.

Academic Search Premier is a multi-disciplinary database that includes citations and abstracts from over 4,500 publications, including journals, magazines and newspapers, with.full text is available for the majority. Most complete coverage begins in the 1990s. Limit search to scholarly (peer-reviewed) journals to omit popular magazines and newspapers.)

America History and Life indexes materials published since 1964 on the history of the United States and Canada, including articles, book and media reviews, and abstracts of dissertations, in over 2000 journals. America includes topics in cultural and intellectual history and indexes a number of folklore journals.

Anthropological Index, produced by the Royal Anthropological Institute of The British Museum, covers periodicals on all aspects of anthropology from 1957 to the present.

Anthropological Literature, produced by Harvard's Tozzer Library, covers periodical articles and articles from edited books from the mid-19th century to the present.

Anthropology Plus is a combined index that allows joint searching of the two indexes above, covering social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology; ethnology, archaeology, folklore, and material culture; and interdisciplinary studies. Searching through Anthropology Plus is very convenient, but using the two indexes individually allows more specific searches.

Arts and Humanities Citation Index is a multidisciplinary database indexing 1,100 arts and humanities journals and selected major science and social science journals (including art, dance, film, folklore, music, and interdisciplinary topics). Also indexes each article's cited reference list, allowing searches for articles that cite a particular author or work. See the HCL Research Guide, Searching the Citation Indexes.

JSTOR is an online archive of the full-text of selected scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences, generally covering the journals' contents up until the most recent 3-5 years. (That coverage may be available through other Harvard E-Resources, however.) JSTOR is searchable either as a whole or by subsets, such as JSTOR African-American Studies, JSTOR Folklore, JSTOR Ireland and JSTOR Jewish Studies, selected sets of journals available to search as groups through JSTOR Advanced Search.

MLA International Bibliography is a good first choice to search for scholarly articles on both folklore and literature topics. The MLA indexes articles in over 3,000 journals and series, as well as relevant monographs, working papers, proceedings, bibliographies, and other formats, from 1926 to the present. Though MLA does not provide full-text, full-text for many of the articles it indexes will be available through other resources, by using the FINDIT tool.

For information prior to 1926, see the MLA in print listed below; note that prior to 1955, the MLA covered only American works on world languages and literatures.
MLA American Bibliography of Books and Articles on the Modern Languages and Literatures, 1921-1955
Location: Widener Library WID-LC PB 41 .Z99 M62ax
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Project Muse, similar to JSTOR, is an online archive of the full-text of selected scholarly, university-press journals in the humanities and social sciences, but, typically, for the most recent 3-5 years. Many of these holdings complement JSTOR's.

Primary Sources

The Annotated Hans Christian Andersen
edited with an introduction and notes by Maria Tatar; translations by Maria Tatar and Julie K. Allen
Location: Widener Library
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Asgard Stories: Tales from Norse Mythology
by Mary H. Foster and Mabel H. Cumming

Celtic Mythology
by John Arnott Macculloch

Classic Celtic Fairy Tales
selected and edited by John Matthews; foreword by R.J. Stewart; illustrated by Ian Daniels
Location 1: Widener Library Harvard Depository GR137 .C53 1997
Location 2: Lamont Library GR137 .C53 1997
HOLLIS Catalog Record

The Classic Fairy Tales
compiled by Iona and Peter Opie
Lamont Library FARNSWORTH | GR550 .O6 1992
Widener Library WID-LC GR550 .O6 1992
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Grimm's Fairy Tales
by The Brothers Grimm
Includes "Little Red Riding Hood", "Briar Rose or The Sleeping Beauty", "The Hare and the Hedgehog", "Snow-White and Red-Rose", "The Frog Prince", "Hans in Luck", "The Fisherman and his Wife", "Cinderella", "The Goose Girl" and more.

Grimm's Household Tales
by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

Irish Fairy Tales
by James Stephens; illustrated by Arthur Rackham

Japanese Fairy World: Stories from the Wonder-Lore of Japan
by William Elliot Griffis ; illustrated by Ozawa, of Tokio.
Location 1: Widener Library 27255.4
Location 2: Widener Library Harvard Depository (request from Availability Link in HOLLIS Catalog Record)
HOLLIS Catalog Record

The Mabinogion
Location 1: Widener Library WID-LC PB2363.M2 D38 2007
Location 2: Lamont Library PB2363.M2 D38 2007
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Mayan and Aztec Mythology
by Michael A. Schuman
Widener | WID-LC | F1434.2.R3 S38 2001
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Milman Parry Collection of Oral Literature
The largest single repository of South Slavic heroic song in the world
Multiple resources on this website.

Myths of the Hindus & Buddhists
by the Sister Nivedita (Margaret E. Noble) and Ananda K. Coomaraswamy; with thirty-two illustrations in colour by Indian artists under the supervision of Abanindro Nāth Tagore, c. i. e.

Classic Fairy Tales from Ancient Palestine and Jordan
by Hikmat Ben Odeh; illustrated by Wided Ayal; with an introduction by Denise D. Minnus
Widener Library Harvard Depository
HOLLIS Catalog Record

A Collection of Popular Tales from the Norse and North German
by George Webbe Dasent

Danish Folk Tales
from the Danish of Svend Grundtvig, E. T. Kristensen, Ingvor Bondesen and L. Budde;
translated by J. Christian Bay

The Enchanted Lake: Classic Irish Fairy Stories
by Sinéad De Valera
Location: Harvard Depository PZ8.D48 Enc 2005
HOLLIS Catalog Record

The Folk Treasury of Korea; Sources in Myth, Legend, and Folktale
edited by Chang, Duk-soon. Associated editors: Suh, Dai-suk and Cho, Heui-woong. Translated by Kim Tae-sung
Location 1: Harvard-Yenching (W) GR342 .C4
Location 2: Widener Library 27255.142.30
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts

The Mythology of Mexico and Central America
by John Bierhorst
Tozzer | SPAN.AM. B 477 m
HOLLIS Catalog Record

The Mythology of the Wichita
compiled by George A.Dorsey; foreword by Elizabeth A. H. John
Tozzer | N.A.REL. D 738 m 1995
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Myths and Myth-Makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology
by John Fiske

North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries, and Oral Histories
Written and oral records of the experiences of immigrants to the United Stats and Canada between 1800 and 1950.

North American Indian Thought and Culture
Includes biographies, autobiographies, personal narratives, speeches, diaries, letters, and oral histories.

North American Mythology
by Hartley Burr Alexander

The Odyssey
by Homer; rendered into English prose by Samuel Butler

Ovid's Metamorphosis (Middle English translation)
translated by Arthur Golden

Politicizing Magic: An Anthology of Russian and Soviet Fairy Tales
by Marina Balina, Helena Goscilo, and Mark Lipovetsky
Location: Widener Library WID-LC GR203.17 .P65 2005
HOLLIS Catalog Record

The Princess and the Goblin
by George MacDonald

Slavic Mythology
by Jan Machal

Tales of Myth and Fantasy
by A.E.I. Falconar; illustrated by Charlotte J. Henry
Widener Library WID-LC GR137 .F35 1984
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Thousand and One Nights (Arabian Nights)

translated by Edward William Lane
Includes "The Story of the Merchant and the Jinni", "The Story of the Husband and the Parrot", "The Story of the Royal Mendicants", "The Story of the Ladies of Baghdad", "The Story of 'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" and more.

Introduction

The broad term folklore includes many forms of narrative, which may be either told or performed. Among those are tales, myths, legends, oral literature, and oral history. We use the term Narratives to refer inclusively to all forms of folk narrative, and we use the terms Fairy Tales, Mythology, and Oral Literature to refer to specialized aspects of folk narrative that are reflected in areas of the Harvard curriculum. For research assistance in this area, contact Pam Matz (see my profile at the right).

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

African Folklore: An Encyclopedia
by Phillip M. Peek and Kwesi Yankah, eds.
Location 1: Tozzer Library REF GR350.A33 2004
Location 2: Widener Library Loker Reading Room RR 4793.200
HOLLIS Catalog Record

American Folklore: An Encyclopedia
by Jan Harold Brunvand, ed.
Location 1: Lamont Library REFERENCE GR101 .A54 1996
Location 2: Quad Library Reference GR101 .A54 1996
Location 3: Tozzer Library REF GR101 .A5 1996
Location 4: Widener Library Loker Reading Room RR 4793.35
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
by John Ayto
Location: Lamont Library REFERENCE PN43 .B65 2005
HOLLIS Catalog Record
Location: Widener Library RR 2116.40.5
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Brewer's Dictionary of 20th-Century Phrase and Fable
by David Pickering, Alan Isaacs, Elizabeth Martin, eds.
Location: Widener Library RR 2116.40
HOLLIS Catalog Record
Location 2: Lamont Library REFERENCE PE1630 .B74 1992
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Cassell Dictionary of Superstitions
by David Pickering
Location: Widener Library Loker Reading Room RR 4791.26.3
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Cassell Dictionary of Witchcraft
by David Pickering
Location: Widener Library Loker Reading Room RR 4791.29
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend
by Miranda J. Green
Location 1: Widener Library Loker Reading Room RR 4807.20.5
Location 2: Lamont Library BL900.G7 1992
Location 3: Tozzer Library REF BL900 .G7 1992
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Dictionary of Classical Mythology
by Pierre Grimal, ed.
Location 1: Andover-Harvard Theological Library Ref. BL715 .G713 1986
Location 2: Fine Arts Library RFA79.57.34.2
Location 3: Lamont Library REFERENCE BL715 .G713 1986
Location 4: Widener Library Loker Reading Room RR3521.12.2
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Dictionary of English Folklore
by Jacqueline Simpson and Steve Roud
Location 1: Andover-Harvard Theological Library Ref. GR141 .S573 2000
Location 2: Widener Library Loker Reading Room RR 4793.50
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Dictionary of Mythology, Folklore, and Symbols
by Gertrude Jobes
Location 1: Andover-Harvard Theological Library Ref. GR35 .J6 1962
HOLLIS Catalog Record
Location 2: Widener Library Loker Reading Room RR 4791.23
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Dictionary of Native American Mythology
By Sam D. Gill, Irene F. Sullivan
Location 1: Andover-Harvard Theological Library Ref. E98.R3 G46 1992
Location 2: Tozzer Library REF E98.R3 G5 1992
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Encyclopedia of American Folklife
by Simon J. Bronner, ed.
Location 1: Lamont Library REFERENCE GR105 .E53 2006
Location 2: Widener Library Loker Reading Room RR 4793.40
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Encyclopedia of Celtic Mythology and Folklore
by Patricia Monaghan
Location: Widener Library Loker Reading Room Call Number: RR 4807.20
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Encyclopedia of Folk Heroes
by Graham Seal
Location: Widener Library Pusey 3 Stacks WID-LC GR35.S4 2001
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Encyclopedia of Folklore and Literature
by Mary Ellen Brown and Bruce A. Rosenberg, eds.
Location 1: Lamont Library REFERENCE PN41 .E48 1998
Location 2: Tozzer Library REF PN41 .E48 1998
Location 3: Widener Library Pusey 3 Stacks WID-LC PN41 .E48 1998
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Encyclopedia of Urban Legends
by Jan Harold Brunvand
Location: Widener Library Pusey 3 Stacks GR105.34 .B78 2001
Catalog Record

Fairy Lore: A Handbook
by D.L. Ashliman
Location: Widener Library WID-LC GR549 .A85 2006

Folk and Fairy Tales: A Handbook
by D.L. Ashliman
Location: Widener Library WID-LC GR550 .A77 2004
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Funk and Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend
Location 1: Fine Arts Library Reading Room Reading Room RFA79.57.49
Location 2: Lamont Library REF GR35.F8
Location 3: Loeb Music Library Seeger Room GR35 .F8
Location 4: Quad Library Reference GR35 .F8
Loation 5: Tozzer Library Reference REF GR35 .F8
HOLLIS Catalog Record
Location 6: Widener Library Loker Reading Room RR 4791.22.1
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Goddesses in World Mythology
by Martha Ann and Dorothy Myers Imel
Location 1: Andover-Harvard Theological Ref. BL473.5 .A66 1
Location 2: Schlesinger Library Ref. 291.21103 A613g
Location 3: Tozzer Library REF BL473.5 .A5 1993
Location 4: Widener Library Loker Reading Room RR 4803.50.10
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Folklore
by Anand Prahlad, ed.
Location: Widener Library Pusey 3 Stacks WID-LC GR111.A47 G74 2006
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Greenwood Encyclopedia of World Folklore and Folklife
Location: Widener Library Loker Reading Room
Call Number: RR 4792.10
Location: Tozer Library Reference
Call Number: GR35.G75 2006
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Guide to Folktales in the English Language: based on the Aarne-Thompson Classification System
D. L. Ashliman
Location: Widener Library Pusey 3 Stacks
Call Number: WID-LC GR74.6.Z99 A84x 1987
HOLLIS Catalog Record

International Encyclopedia of Regional European Ethnology and Folklore
by Sigurd Erixon, ed. chair, Ake Hultkrantz, chief ed.
Location 1: Tozzer Library REF GN307.I5
Location 2: Widener Library An 39.60
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Ireland in Fiction; a Guide to Irish Novels, Tales, Romances, and Folk-lore
by Stephen J. Brown
Location: Widener Library 10466.4.6
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Larousse Dictionary of World Folklore
Location: Widener Library Pusey 3 Stacks
Call Number: WID-LC GR35.J664 1995
Location 1: Lamont Library REFERENCE GR35 .J664 1995
Location 2: Tozzer Library REF GR35 .J6 1995
Location 3: Widener Library Pusey 3 Stacks WID-LC GR35 .J664 1995
HOLLIS Catalog Record

MagillOnLiterature Plus
MagillOnLiterature Plus contains a large collection of literary resources plot summaries and character descriptions.

Medieval Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Myths, Legends, Tales, Beliefs, and Customs
By Carl Lindahl, John McNamara, John Lindow, eds.
Location: Widener Library Loker Reading Room RR 3608.10
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Myth, Legend and Romance: An Encyclopaedia of the Irish Folk Tradition
Location: Widener Library Pusey 3 Stacks
Call Number: WID-LC GR 153.5.O.16 1991
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Mythologies
by Yves Bonnefoy, comp. (a restructured translation of Dictionnaire des Mythologies et des Religions des Societes Traditionelles et du Monde Antique, prepared under the direction of Wendy Doniger)
Location 1: Andover-Harvard Theological Library Ref. BL311 .D513 1991
Location 2: Lamont Library REFERENCE BL311 .D513 1991
Location 3: Quad Library REFERENCE BL311 .D513 1991
Location 4: Tozzer Library REF BL311 .D5 1991
Location 5: Widener Library Loker Reading Room RR 4807.12
HOLLIS Catalog Record

New Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology
by Felix Guirand, general ed.
Location 1: Child Memorial Library ChM 300.25
Location 2: Lamont Library Reference REFERENCE BL311 .N43 1968
Location 3: Widener Library Loker Reading Room RR4807.15
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Oxford Reference Online: Mythology and Folklore
Includes A Dictionary of African Mythology, A Dictionary of Asian Mythology, A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology, A Dictionary of English Folklore, The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, A Dictionary of Superstitions, A Dictionary of World Mythology, and The Oxford Companion to World Mythology

Storytelling Encyclopedia: Historical, Cultural, and Multiethnic Approaches to Oral Traditions Around the World
by David Admas Leeming, general ed., Marion Sader, project ed.
Location1 : Lamont Library Reference GR72 .S76 1997
Location 2: Widener Library Pusey 3 Stacks WID-LC GR 72.S76 1997
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Library Catalogs

To look for books on a subject, start first with Harvard's library catalog, HOLLIS. It's also useful to search "union" catalogs (i.e. large catalog databases that include multiple libraries's materials) as well as bibliographies. Books and materials that you don't find in the HOLLIS catalog can be requested through Interlibrary Loan. You may also make a purchase request to ask the library to purchase a copy for the collection. Resources marked with a symbol indicates that users with a Harvard PIN number may access the resources from off-campus.

HOLLIS Catalog
There are nearly 4.5 million books in Widener Library's collection, and they are all listed here, in Harvard University's union catalog of all the libraries at Harvard. For an introduction to using the HOLLIS, consult the guide Searching the HOLLIS (Harvard OnLine Library Information System) Catalog. Remember that books and materials that you find in the catalogs below (and don't find in the HOLLIS catalog) can be requested through Interlibrary Loan.

The European Library
The European Library permits to search the catalogs of Europe’s national libraries (including national libraries from countries that are not in the European Union). The default search is limited to The European Library’s full-partner libraries (the "Advanced Search" provides a full list). Click on "Collections" to hand-pick collections for your search.

KVK: Der Karlsruher Virtuelle Katalog
A major union catalog of European libraries, this database contains records for over 75 million books in libraries and other book catalogs worldwide.

RLG's Eureka on the Web (Research Libraries Group Union Catalog)
Provides access to RLG's union catalog of records from the collections of major American research libraries; archives and museums; historical societies and international book vendors.

Visual Information Access (VIA)
VIA is a union catalog of visual resources at Harvard and Radcliffe. It includes information about slides, photographs, objects and artifacts in the university's libraries, museums and archives. To date only portions of each repository's holdings are described in the online catalog. Where available, thumbnail images are linked to the catalog records.

WorldCat
WorldCat is a union (i.e. collective) catalog of records of any type of material (books, periodicals, scores, films, recordings, etc.) cataloged by over 41,000 OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) member libraries, primarily but not exclusively, from libraries in the United States, but extending to 82 other nations. The scope of the database includes everything from Babylonian inscriptions to e-books.

Type- and Motif-Indexes

Archetypes and Motifs in Folklore and Literature: A Handbook
by Jane Garry and Hasan El-Shamy, eds.
Location: Widener Library Pusey 3 Stacks: WID-LC GR72.56.A73 2005
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Guide to Folktales in the English Language: based on the Aarne-Thompson Classification System
by D. L. Ashliman
Location Widener Library Pusey 3 Stacks WID-LC GR74.6.Z99 A84x 1987
HOLLIS Catalog Record

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
by Stith Thompson
Location 1: Andover-Harvard Theological Library Ref GR67 .T53 1966
HOLLIS Catalog Record
Location 2: Lamont Library GR67 .T5
HOLLIS Catalog Record
Location 3 Child Memorial ChM 300.12
Location 4 Tozzer Library REF GR74.6 .T4
Location 5 Widener Library Loker Reading Room RR 4791.25
HOLLIS Catalog Record
See also the Bibliography and Abbreviations for the 1955 Revised Edition of the Motif-Index of Folk Literature, by Polly Grimshaw, rev. by Moira Smith and Christina Sheley

Storyteller's Sourcebook: A Subject, Title, and Motif Index to Folklore Collections for Children
by Margaret Read MacDonald
Location: Gutman Library GR74.6 .M3 1982
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Tale Type- and Motif-Indexes: An Annotated Bibliography
by David S. Azzolina
Location 1: Tozzer Library REF GR 74.6.Z99 A88 1987 Loc
Location 2: Widener Library Loker Reading Room RR 4791.5
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Type and Motif-Index of the Folktales of England and North America
by Ernest Baughman
Location 1: Lamont Library GR67 .B3
Location 2: Widener Library Pusey 3 Stacks 25212.101 vol. 20
HOLLIS Catalog Record

Selected Websites

The World Wide Web offers a variety of resources, many of which are not available elsewhere. Below is a small sampling of Web sites that may be useful to you in doing research in Folklore. Please do be aware, however, that we cannot guarantee the timeliness, accuracy, nor content of these sites. You should evaluate them according to the criteria set out on the Evaluating Web Sites page.

If there are other resources you would like to see listed here, please email Pam Matz or Elizabeth McKeigue.

Alt.Folklore.Urban and Urban Legends Archive

American Folk Art Museum

American Folklore Society

Contemporary Legend