Folklore Studies

Getting Started

Note that these lists represent a broad cross-section of geographical and ethnic identities. If you do not see the specific group or identify you are searching for, go to the UF Library website, click on the Library Catalog tab, and type "folklore" plus your relevant search term.

Fairy Tales and Folktales 

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  The Annotated Brothers Grimm 

  Call Number: PT921 .K5613 2012
  ISBN: 0393088863
  Publication Date: 2012
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  Children of Wax: African Folktales 

  Call Number: GR358.62.N34 S65 1991
  ISBN: 0940793733
  Publication Date: 1991
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  A Dictionary of British Folk-tales in the English Language, Incorporating the F.J. Norton Collection 

  Call Number: GR141 .B69 (Reference)
  ISBN: 0253317150
  Publication Date: 1970
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  French Folktales from the Collection of Henri Pourrat 

  Call Number: GR161 .P6213 1989
  ISBN: 9780394544519
  Publication Date: 1989
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  Gypsy Folktales 

  Call Number: DX157 .T66 1989
  ISBN: 0151383103
  Publication Date: 1989
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  Index to Fairy Tales 1949-1972, Including Folklore, Legends and Myths, In Collections 

  Call Number: GR550 .I731 1994 (Reference)
  ISBN: 0810827506
  Publication Date: 1994
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  The Interpretation of Fairy Tales 

  Call Number: GR550 .F714 1996
  ISBN: 0877735263
  Publication Date: 1996
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  Interpretation of Fairy Tales: Danish Folklore in a European Perspective 

  Call Number: GR210 .H641 1987
  ISBN: 9514105486
  Publication Date: 1987
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  The Jewish Story Finder 

  Call Number: Z6374.F6 E47 2005 (Judaica Libr)
  ISBN: 0786421924
  Publication Date: 2005
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  Why Snails Have Shells: Minority and Han Folktales from China 

  Call Number: PZ8.1.H157 Wh 1993
  ISBN: 082481505X
  Publication Date: 1993

Myths, Legends, and Urban Legends

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  Chinese Myths and Fantasies 

  Call Number: GR335 .B571 1992
  ISBN: 0192741527
  Publication Date: 1992
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  Contemporary Legend: a Folklore Bibliography 

  Call Number: GR78 .B461 1993 (Reference)
  ISBN: 0824061039
  Publication Date: 1993
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  The Corn Woman: Stories and Legends of the Hispanic Southwest 

  Call Number: GR111.H57 V54 1994
  ISBN: 1563081946
  Publication Date: 1994
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  Dictionary of Mythology, Folklore, and Symbols 

  Call Number: GR35 .J6 (Reference) (Also available as an E-book.)
  Publication Date: 1962
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  Encyclopedia of Urban Legends 

  Call Number: E-book
  ISBN: 9781598847215
  Publication Date: 2012
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  Essential African Mythology 

  Call Number: GR350 .M341 1997
  ISBN: 1855384787
  Publication Date: 1997
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  Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology and Legend 

  Call Number: GR35 .F8
  Publication Date: 1950
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  Icelandic-Canadian Oral Narratives 

  Call Number: GR113.7.I2 E461 1991
  ISBN: 0660129213
  Publication Date: 1991
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  Myth, Legend & Romance : an Encyclopaedia of Irish Folk Tradition 

  Call Number: GR153.5 .O151 1990
  ISBN: 1870805119
  Publication Date: 1990
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  Scandinavian Folk Belief and Legend 

  Call Number: GR205 .S23 1988
  ISBN: 0816615039
  Publication Date: 1988
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  This is the Dreaming: Australian Aboriginal Legends 

  Call Number: GR366.A87 E45 1994
  ISBN: 1863712917
  Publication Date: 1994

Rhymes & Folk Poetry / Riddles & Other Verbal Puzzles

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  A Diller a Dollar: Rhymes & Sayings for the Ten O’ Clock Scholar 

  Call Number: PS591.S3 M63 (Education Library)
  ISBN: 0690239572
  Publication Date: 1955
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  English Riddles from Oral Tradition 

  Call Number: PN6371 .T3
  Publication Date: 1951
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  The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes 

  Call Number: PZ8.3 .O985 1997
  ISBN: 780198600886
  Publication Date: 1997
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  Riddles: Perspectives on the Use, Function & Change in a Folklore Genre 

  Call Number: GR1 .S78 no.10 (Also available as an E-book.)
  ISBN: 9517460198
  Publication Date: 2001
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  A Rocket in My Pocket: the Rhymes & Chants of Young America 

  Call Number: PZ8.3.W76 Ro
  Publication Date: 1948

Proverbs & Proverbial Phrases / Folk Speech & Naming

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  African Oral Narratives, Proverbs, Riddles, Poetry, & Song 

  Call Number: Z5984.A35 S3 1977 (Reference)
  ISBN: 0816180342
  Publication Date: 1977
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  African Proverbs 

  Call Number: PN6519.A6 L49 1999
  ISBN: 0781806917
  Publication Date: 1999
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  Early English Proverbs 

  Call Number: E-book
  Publication Date: 1910
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  Honey, Hush! African-American Women's Humor 

  Call Number: PN6231.N5 H66 1998
  ISBN: 0393045579
  Publication Date: 1998
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  Names on the Land 

  Call Number: E155 .S8
  Publication Date: 1945
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  NTC's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions 

  Call Number: E-book
  ISBN: 0071392041
  Publication Date: 2000
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  Oral Literature in Africa 

  Call Number: E-book
  ISBN: 1906924708
  Publication Date 2012
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  Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs 

  Call Number: E-book
  ISBN: 0191799440
  Publication Date: 2015
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  Proverbs, Textuality, and Nativism in African Literature 

  Call Number: E-book
  ISBN: 0813021243
  Publication Date: 1998
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  Theory of Names 

  Call Number: CS2303 .P8x 1954
  Publication Date: 1954

Folklore Theory

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  The European Folktale: Form and Nature 

  Call Number: GR135 .L8313 1982
  ISBN: 089727024X
  Publication Date: 1982
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  Fables: from Incunabula to Modern Picture Books 

  Call Number: GR75 .Q581 1966
  Publication Date: 1966
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  Fable Scholarship: an Annotated Bibliography 

  Call Number: Z5896 .C37 1985 (Reference)
  ISBN: 0824092295
  Publication Date: 1985
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  The Folktale 

  Call Number: GR74 .T47 1946 (Also available as an E-book.)
  ISBN: 0030071755
  Publication Date: 1946
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  A Guide to Folktales in the English Language: Based on the Aarne-Thompson Classification System 

  Call Number: GR74.6 .A831 1987
  ISBN: 0313259615
  Publication Date: 1987
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  The Storyteller's Sourcebook: A Subject, Title and Motif Index to Folklore Collections for Children 

  Call Number: GR74.6 .M3 2001
  ISBN: 0810354853
  Publication Date: 2001
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  Tale Type-& Motif-indexes: an Annotated Bibliography 

  Call Number: GR74.6 .A991 1987 (Reference)
  ISBN: 0824087887
  Publication Date: 1987
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  A Type & Motif Index of the Folktales of England & North America 

  Call Number: GR67 .B3 (Reference) (Also available as an E-book.)
  Publication Date: 1967
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  The Types of the Folktale: A Classification and Bibliography 

  Call Number: GR40 .A1513 1961 (Reference)
  ISBN: 0833744895
  Publication Date: 1961
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  Women’s Folklore, Women’s Culture 

  Call Number: GR470 .W66 1985
  ISBN: 0812212061
  Publication Date: 1985