Antti Aarne

Antti Amatus Aarne [ ɑnt ː ɑ ː i rnɛ ] ( born December 5, 1867 in Pori, † February 5, 1925 in Helsinki) was a Finnish fairytale researchers.

Life

Aarne studied 1893-1898 in Russia and was subsequently a language teacher and rector of Russian high schools. He received his doctorate in 1908 with the work of comparative tale research. From 1911 he taught as a professor of Finnish folk poetry and comparative research at the University of Helsinki in 1922 as associate professor.

Aarne applies along with Julius and Kaarle Krohn as the founder of geographical- historical method, also called Finnish school. In 1910 he published a typology of the tale under the title list of fairy tale types with the help of professional colleagues, which was first in 1928 and then again in 1961 substantially revised and supplemented by American Stith Thompson as Aarne -Thompson index.

Works (selection)

  • The magic gifts: a comparative study fairy tales. Société Finno- ougrienne, 1909 ( full text in the Google Book Search ). Separately Reprinted from the Journal de la Société Finno- ougrienne XXVII
  • Finnish fairytale variants. Directory of the collected records to 1908. Hamina 1911 ( Folklore Fellows ' communications; 5).
  • Guide comparative tale research. Hamina 1913 ( Folklore Fellows ' communications; 13).
  • Anecdotes about deaf people. A comparative study. Hamina 1914 ( Folklore Fellows ' communications; 20).
  • The man from Paradise in the literature and in the vernacular. A comparative study Schwank. Hamina 1915 ( Folklore Fellows ' communications; 22).
  • The rich man and his son. Comparative research fairy tales. Hamina 1916 ( Folklore Fellows ' communications; 23).
  • Estonian fairy tales and legends variants. Directory of belonging to the Hurt'schen manuscript collections records. Hamina 1918 ( Folklore Fellows ' communications; 25).
  • The Estonian- Ingermanland Maie song. A comparative study. Helsinki 1922 ( Folklore Fellows ' communications; 47).
  • The song of the Virgin Vellamos fishing. A comparative study. Helsinki 1923 ( Folklore Fellows ' communications; 48).
  • The magical escape. A fairy tale study. Helsinki 1930 ( Folklore Fellows ' communications; 92).
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