TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thompson,Stith
TI  - The folktale
SN  - 0030071755
AV  - PN1001 .T5 1946
U1  - 398.209 19
PY  - 1946///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Holt, Rinehart and Winston
KW  - Tales
KW  - History and criticism
N1  - Includes indexes; Bibliography: p. 463-479; Nature and forms of the folktale. Universality of the folktale -- Forms of the folktale -- Folktale from Ireland to India. Ireland to India: peoples and lands -- Complex tale -- Simple tale -- Folktale in ancient literature -- European-Asiatic folktales in other continents -- Folktale in a primitive culture: North American Indian. North American Indian tale -- Creation myths -- Trickster cycle -- Test and hero tales -- Journeys to the other world -- Animal wives and husbands -- Miscellaneous American Indian tales -- Studying the folktale. Theories of the folktale -- International organization of folktale study -- Collecting folktales -- Classifying folk narrative -- Life history of a folktale -- Folktale as living art
UR  - http://www.archive.org/details/folktale00thom
UR  - http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL13532473M
ER  -