Stith Thompson

Stith Thompson ( born March 7, 1885 in Bloomfield (Kentucky ); † January 13, 1976 in Columbus ( Indiana)) was an American folklorist.

As a representative of the Finnish school called ( geographical- historical method ) of the revised narrative research and he added first in 1927 and then again in 1961 originally published 1910 classification of fairy tales and vestibular groups of Antti Aarne ( Aarne -Thompson Index).

In 1959 Thompson and his colleague Archer Taylor an honorary doctorate from the Christian-Albrechts -University of Kiel.

Works (selection)

  • The Types of the Folktale. A Classification and Bibliography. Antti Aarne 's list of fairy tale types ( FF Communications no. 3) translated and enlarged ( = Folklore Fellows ' Communications. Vol. 74). Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, Helsiniki 1928.
  • The Types of the Folktale. A Classification and Bibliography. Antti Aarne 's list of fairy tale types ( FFC No. 3) translated and enlarged. ( = Folklore Fellows ' Communications. Vol. 184). 2nd edition. Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, Helsinki 1961.
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