Use of motif and type indexes by teachers, storytellers, and children's librarians
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Lay users find the motif and type indexes helpful in finding folktales that relate to particular themes. 'The Storyteller's Sourcebook: A Subject, Title, and Motif Index to Children's Folklore Collections,' is a welcomed high-demand reference source to prove this point. Teachers and parents and storytellers also welcome motif and type indexes.
Publication Name: Journal of Folklore Research
Subject: Anthropology/archeology/folklore
ISSN: 0737-7037
Year: 1997
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Motifing 'Folktales of Newfoundland.'
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'Folktales of Newfoundland: The Resilience of the Oral Tradition,' uses a comprehensive rather than selective motif listing. The author describes a first person account of the process he used to identify each folktale. He takes into consideration of the tales' relationship to Newfoundland.
Publication Name: Journal of Folklore Research
Subject: Anthropology/archeology/folklore
ISSN: 0737-7037
Year: 1997
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