Motif-Index of Folk-Literature, Volume 1: A Classification of Narrative Elements in Folk Tales, Ballads, Myths, Fables, Mediaeval Romances, Exempla, Fabliaux, Jest-Books, and Local Legends by Stith Thompson

Motif-Index of Folk-Literature, Volume 1: A Classification of Narrative Elements in Folk Tales, Ballads, Myths, Fables, Mediaeval Romances, Exempla, Fabliaux, Jest-Books, and Local Legends

Stith Thompson

556 pages • first pub 1958 (editions)

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"This monumental work has now become... the indispensable tool of all folk narrative scholars." --Southern Folklore Quarterly"A work of this kind can never be quite complete, but in this work Stith Thompson has approached perfection." --Volkskunde...

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