This work focuses on the han chinese people but ranges across the full ethnic spectrum of ancient and modern china, showing how key myths endured and evolved over time. We have entered most of the contents of the motif index into this section of the database. Genealogy profile for stith thompson stith thompson 1738 1795 genealogy genealogy for stith thompson 1738 1795 family tree on geni, with over 190 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. Kovens work, from an exclusive focus on the fictional feature film, has explored both the way popular film can behave like folklore. Volkskunde an invaluable aid to students and scholars. But dallas thompson wasnt the first to have visions of an inner world. Special collections records of human communication from clay tablet to artist books. Motif index of folkliterature kristina lindell lund university. Motifindex of folk literature indiana university libraries.
Southern folklore quarterly a work of this kind can never be quite complete, but in this work stith thompson has approached perfection. A deal with the devil also known as a compact or pact with the devil is a cultural motif in european folklore, best exemplified by the legend of faust and the figure of mephistopheles, as well as being elemental to many christian traditions. It has its origins in the folk legends of many countries, most specifically in central and eastern europe. The romance between greece and the east edited by tim.
Based on stith thompsons 6volume motif index by stith thompson, this database classifies and indexes themes and motifs, characters and events in folk literature. Genealogy profile for stith thompson stith thompson 1738 1795 genealogy genealogy for stith thompson 1738 1795 family tree on geni, with over 190 million profiles of. Bronner the pennsylvania state university for as much as folklorists extol the value of hearing voices of traditionbearers, one would expect an extensive record of folklorists offering narratives of their experience. Sioned davies points out that fairies riding white horses is an international motifwhich in fact it is, specifically ff241.
Thompson s motif index, atus tale type index, propps functions and levistrausss structural analysis for folk tales found around the world. Middle east library a major center for research in middle east studies browsing collection current popular books that you can read for fun and personal development. A followup to thompsons encyclopedic motif index of folk literature, which classifies the worlds traditional oral and written stories into an easily understood system of narrative elements or motifs. Stith thompson march 7, 1885 january 10, 1976 was an american scholar of folklore. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. Few tasks in the life of a teacher and scholar please him more than the opportunity to pay tribute to one of his own professors. Aug 16, 2012 childerss motif index of the cuentos of juan timoneda helps fill out this part of the index. Such stories typically feature entities such as dwarfs, dragons, elves, fairies, giants, gnomes, goblins, griffins, mermaids, talking animals, trolls, unicorns, or.
In rare instances, a publisher has elected to have a zero moving wall, so their current issues are available. The motif index of folkliterature is a six volume catalogue of motifs, granular elements of folklore, composed by american folklorist stith thompson 19321936, revised and expanded 19551958. Mcdowell, inta gale carpenter, donald braid, erika petersonveatch. Our interest in thompson sampling is motivated by its ability to incorporate rich forms. Management research found motifindexing too confusing, finally jilting folklore for narratology. Ebook cosmic manuscript as pdf download portable document. Atlas of the north american indian, third revised edition facts on file library of american literature. Thompson, stith, motifindex of folkliterature, 2nd ed. A classification of narrative elements in folktales, ballads, myths, fables, mediaeval romances, exempla, fabliaux, jestbooks, and local legends bloomington, indiana, 19551958, in 2497 searchable and bookmarked pdf pages. Thompson motifindex listed alphabetically indice generale dei motivi a. A followup to thompson s encyclopedic motif index of folk literature, which classifies the worlds traditional oral and written stories into an easily understood system of narrative elements or motifs.
Management studies adopted some of this, but left out the bottomupview and storybehaviors, so critical to organization folklore. Proceedings of the 15th international conference on theory. Cosmic manuscript top results of your surfing cosmic manuscript start download portable document format pdf and ebooks electronic books free online rating news 20162017 is books that can provide inspiration, insight, knowledge to the reader. The records supply us with the largest body of documentary evidence for the ontology of the faeries between the 16th and. Curated and compiled from several sources by shawn. The english jestbooks from the hundred merry tales onward have been explored. In his motif index of folk literature, stith thompson defines a vampire as a corpse which comes from the grave at night and sucks blood in order to sustain its existence 2. Spin storytelling organizations storytelling organization. Stith thompson, the editors of the folklore publications group are pleased to mark the. Fall 2015 thompson terminal point organization and. Koven has focused much of his research on the relationship. The classification system refers to works in which the various motifs occur.
To attain these bounds, the authors xed a speci c uninformative prior distribution, and studied the algorithms performance assuming this prior is used. A classification of narrative elements in folktales, ballads, myths, fables, mediaeval. In the introduction to his seminal motifindex of folk literature tmi, stith thompson. Motifindex of folkliterature, revised and enlarged edition a to z indiana. Compiled from ancient and scattered texts and based on revelatory new research, handbook of chinese mythology is the most comprehensive englishlanguage work on the subject ever written from an exclusively chinese perspective. The moving wall represents the time period between the last issue available in jstor and the most recently published issue of a journal. He also developed an alphadecimal motif index system az followed by numeral for cataloging individual motifs. Aarne thompson uther classification of folk tales and stith thompson motif index of folk literature the aarne thompson uther classification of folk tales atu is a catalog of international tale types. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings. Reports are fully digitized in color every report featured in fullpage, highresolution pdf format for viewing and printing clarity reports are offered in multiple languages, where available access to u. Unless otherwise stated, all translations are my own and the references to folklore motifs are from stith thompsons motifindex of folkliterature.
Wikisource contiene una pagina in lingua inglese dedicata a stith thompson. Reliability of the derifieldthompson test for leg length inequality. Arthur christensens two books on noodles, molboernes vise gerninger and dumme folk trace these jests over the world. Learning a better motif index school of computing and information. He made the 2011 feature length documentary the aswang phenomenon an exploration of the aswang myth and its effects on philippine society. Documentary evidence search copy of harddrive websites last visited helps to provide a. Home folk tale and folk motif indexes library guides. Pdf hosted at the radboud repository of the radboud university. The records supply us with the largest body of documentary evidence for the. Medieval studies in honor of urban tigner holmes, jr.
Bronner the pennsylvania state university for as much as folklorists extol the value of hearing voices of traditionbearers, one would. Explore the motifs, tale types, propp functions and mythemes of world folkliterature, with example motifs and tales. Based on stith thompson s 6volume motif index by stith thompson, this database classifies and indexes themes and motifs, characters and events in folk literature. It is an expansion of the system first developed by aarne 1910 for european tales and later expanded by thompson 1928, 1961 to include more. The structured emphasis option allows faculty members in a shared field to create a special curriculum for their students in order to assure that they receive appropriate and indepth training. Thompson motif index listed alphabetically indice generale dei motivi a. A fairy tale, wonder tale, magic tale, or marchen is an instance of a folklore genre that takes the form of a short story. Antti and stith thompson, motifindex of folkliterature. The untold story of the indian army in world war i. Jul 07, 2018 the most fundamental of all aspects of folktale study is the adequate collecting of the stories. Pdf stith thompson motif index of folk literature revised and. We present ongoing work on the linguistic and semantic processing of the labels of the thompsons motifindex of folkliterature, which has been proposed by stith thompson for the classification of narrative elements in folkliterature.
Fall 2015 thompson terminal point organization and enhancements jerry i. Often referred to as thompson s motif index, the catalogue has historically received extensive use in folklore studies, where folklorists commonly use it in tandem with the aarne thompson uther. Jordan is a canadian documentary director producer. And when the one to whom the tribute is being paid is a scholar whose influence has extended as widely as has that of urban tigner holmes, jr. According to traditional christian belief about witchcraft, the pact is between a person and satan or a lesser demon. The international journal of intangible heritage was first published in 2006 in response to the rapidly growing academic and professional interests in the intangible heritage, particularly following the widespread ratification by states in all parts of the world of unescos 2003 intangible heritage convention for the safeguarding of the intangible. Handbook of chinese mythology world mythology lihui. I think it must be an occupational affinity for librarians to classify, sort, organize, and catalogue. Fables, mediaeval romances, exempla, fabliaux, j volume 1 of 6 stith thompson on.
Despite these disclaimers, dundes states that, the sixvolume motif index of folkliterature and the aarnethompson tale type index constitute two of the most valuable tools in the professional folklorists arsenal of aids for analysis 1997. In 1966 he published a revised version of this index. Such stories typically feature entities such as dwarfs, dragons, elves, fairies, giants, gnomes, goblins, griffins, mermaids, talking animals, trolls, unicorns, or witches, and usually magic or enchantments. The folkloric film focuses primarily on traditions, those expressive forms of human behavior which are communicated by interactions and whose formal features mark them as traditional. Indiana university press, bloomington 71953 motifindex of folkliterature stith thompson 19551958. Those living in the faerieland on selena moor were not immortal according to grace hutchens testimony, and there is a relatively common folklore motif of faerie funeralsburials aarne thompson index f268. For more than a century, scholars have recognized the ideal of accurate recording of tales from as many sources as possible, and in the more and more systematic researches of the past generation there has been increasing interest in promoting field work and insistence that it be skillfully and. Publication date 1956 topics a300, spl collection opensource language english. A work of this kind can never be quite complete, but in this work stith thompson has approached perfection. Stith thompsons motifindex of folkliterature 193236, the definitive reference work on worldwide motifs, largely misses most foundation myths. Versione online di motifindex of folkliterature, su. While following this assumption, the author turns to vladimir propps morphology of the folktale and stith thompsons the motifindex of folkliterature. Ethnographic documentaries on folk life and expression remain a vital genre, but scholars such as mikel koven and sharon sherman also are exploring how folklore elements appear in, and merge with, popular cinema.
He is the thompson of the aarne thompson classification system, which indexes certain folktales by their structure and assigns them at numbers. Folklore films combine the goal of the documentary to record unstaged events with the goal of the ethnodocumentary to provide information about culture. In fact, he was following a legend that dated back to the dawn of mankind. A classification of narrative elements in folk tales, ballads, myths, fables, mediaeval romances, exempla, fabliaux, jestbooks, and local. Motifindex of folkliteraturevolume 1 wikisource, the. A classification of narrative elements in folk tales, ballads, myths, fables, mediaeval romances, exempla, fabliaux, jestbooks, and local legends.
Interest in the conjunctions of film and folklore is stronger and more diverse than ever. An informationtheoretic analysis of thompson sampling. Recording experiences and social backgrounds in oral and documentary histories, for example, contextualizes present scholarship and allows for sociological and psychologicaland yes. Training high school in the manual arts, his dissatisfaction with this. Motif index of southeast asian folkliterature according to the system of stith thompson. He is the thompson of the aarnethompson classification system, which indexes certain folktales by their structure and assigns them at numbers. He also developed an alphadecimal motifindex system az followed by numeral for cataloging individual motifs. Stith thompson motif index of folk literature revised and enlarged version.
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