A legend is a genre of folklore that consists of a narrative featuring human actions, believed or perceived to have taken place in human history. Narratives in this genre may demonstrate human values, and possess certain qualities that give the tale verisimilitude. Legend, for its active and passive participants may include miracles. Legends may be transformed over time to keep them fresh and vital.
Jack David Zipes is a professor emeritus of German, comparative literature, and cultural studies, who has published and lectured on German literature, critical theory, German Jewish culture, children's literature, and folklore. In the latter part of his career he translated two major editions of the tales of the Brothers Grimm and focused on fairy tales, their evolution, and their social and political role in civilizing processes.
Linguistic Typology is a triannual peer-reviewed academic journal in the field of linguistic typology. It was established in 1997, and is published by Mouton de Gruyter on behalf of the Association for Linguistic Typology. The editor-in-chief was Frans Plank until 2018, and is now Maria Koptjevskaja-Tamm.
The Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index is a catalogue of folktale types used in folklore studies. The ATU Index is the product of a series of revisions and expansions by an international group of scholars: originally composed in German by Finnish folklorist Antti Aarne (1910), the index was translated into English, revised, and expanded by American folklorist Stith Thompson, and later further revised and expanded by German folklorist Hans-Jörg Uther (2004). The ATU Index, along with Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature (1932) – with which it is used in tandem, is an essential tool for folklorists.
The Encyclopedia of Fairy Tales is a German reference work on international Folkloristics, which runs to fifteen volumes and is acknowledged as the most comprehensive work in its field. It examines over two centuries of research into the folk narrative tradition. It was begun by Kurt Ranke in the 1960s and was continued by chief editor Rolf Wilhelm Brednich, both of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences.
The Princess in the Chest, also known as The Princess in the Coffin is a Danish fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it in The Pink Fairy Book.
Linguistics: An Interdisciplinary Journal of the Language Sciences is a peer-reviewed academic journal of general linguistics published by De Gruyter Mouton. The journal publishes both articles and book reviews. It publishes two special issues a year. The current Editor-in-Chief is Johan van der Auwera. Since 2010, it publishes 1400 pages per year.
The Spinning-Woman by the Spring or The Kind and the Unkind Girls is a widespread, traditional folk tale, known throughout Europe and in certain regions of Asia, including Indonesia. The tale is cataloged as AT 480 in the international Folktale catalog.
Kurt Ranke was a German ethnologist who specialized in the study of fairy tales.
Historical Reflections is a peer-reviewed academic journal of history published by Berghahn Books. Established in 1974, the journal publishes articles in both English and French. HR/RH promotes interdisciplinary and comparative scholarship, including historical approaches to the intersection of art, literature, and the social sciences, as well as mentalities and intellectual and religious movements. The editor-in-chief is independent scholar Elisabeth Macknight. The co-editor is Brian Newsome of Georgia College & State University.
The Journal of Romance Studies is a peer-reviewed academic journal of romance studies published by Liverpool University Press in association with the Institute of Modern Languages Research. One themed issue and two open issues are published each year. The journal is edited by Catherine Davies and Joseph Ford.
Der Islam: Journal of the History and Culture of the Middle East is a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal covering research on the history and culture of the Middle East. The journal is published by Walter de Gruyter. It was established in 1910 by Carl Heinrich Becker and continued by Hellmut Ritter and Bertold Spuler, amongst others. The current editor-in-chief is Stefan Heidemann. The journal publishes articles in English, German, and French.
Neue Zeitschrift für Systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie is a peer-reviewed academic journal in theology published by Walter de Gruyter. The journal publishes articles in English and German.
Contemporary Literature is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal which publishes interviews with notable and developing authors, scholarly essays, and reviews of recent books critiquing the contemporary literature field. Genre coverage includes poetry, the novel, drama, creative nonfiction, and new media. The editor-in-chief is Thomas Schaub. It was established in 1960 as the Wisconsin Studies in Contemporary Literature, obtaining its current title in 1968.
Azerbaijani fairy tales are works of folklore by the Azerbaijani people. They vary in context and subject and include tales from the heroic past of the Azerbaijani people and struggles with local and foreign oppressors. Spiritual, moral, social and philosophical views are reflected throughout these tales.
The Motif-Index of Folk-Literature is a six volume catalogue of motifs, granular elements of folklore, composed by American folklorist Stith Thompson. Often referred to as Thompson's motif-index, the catalogue has been extensively used in folklore studies, where folklorists commonly use it in tandem with the Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index, an index used for folktale type analysis.
Homo narrans is one of a number of binomial names for the human species modelled on the commonly used term Homo sapiens. The term posits the primacy of storytelling over, for example, language or reasoning, in differentiating Homo sapiens from other species of the genus Homo.
Donald J. Ward was an American folklorist who was Professor of German and Folklore and Director of Center for the Study of Comparative Folklore and Mythology at University of California, Los Angeles. He specialized in the study of Germanic and Indo-European mythology.
The Journal of African Archaeology is a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal covering archaeological studies on Africa. It was established by Sonja Magnavita in 2003. From 2003 to 2016, the Centre for Interdisciplinary African Studies and the Department of African Archaeology and Archaeobotany of Goethe University Frankfurt published it in association with Africa Magna Verlag. Since 2017, the departments publish it in association with Brill Publishers.
The Germanic Review: Literature, Culture, Theory is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Routledge covering German studies, including German literature and culture, as well as German authors, intellectuals, and artists. The editor-in-chief is Oliver Simons. The journal was established in 1926 by Robert Herndon Fife and originally published by the Columbia University Press. Later it was published by Heldref Publishers until that company was acquired by Taylor & Francis in 2009, which published the journal under its Routledge imprint.
