German: Folklore and Mythology

The collections in the Center's Archive of Folk Culture include folk cultural material from all fifty states, as well as United States trusts, territories, and the District of Columbia. Most of these areas have been served by the American Folklife Center's cultural surveys, equipment loan program, publications, and other projects.

The American Folklore Society is an association of people who study and communicate knowledge about folklore throughout the world. Our more than 2,200 members and subscribers are scholars, teachers, and libraries at colleges and universities; professionals in arts and cultural organizations; and community members involved in folklore work. Many of our members live and work in the US, but their interests in folklore stretch around the world, and today about one in every eight AFS members is from

SurLaLune Fairy Tales features 49 annotated fairy tales, including their histories, similar tales across cultures, modern interpretations and over 1,500 illustrations.

Identifies motifs, such as characters, actions, or events, in folk literature.

A full-text collection of short stories, fables, and folklore from African, African-American, and Caribbean authors.

2002, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center

King Library (2nd floor) | BL2400 .S24 2000
Collection of synopses of tales from African mythology, covering the entire continent.

King Library (2nd floor) | BL1005 .L46 2001
Entries address the key mythologies of India, China, Tibet, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and Japan, with broad overviews of specific cultures and their mythic traditions.

Survey of Celtic mythology, legend, saga, and folklore, covering people, themes, concepts, places, and creatures, from both ancient and modern traditions.

2000, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center

King Reference (Ground Floor) | GR141 .S573 2000
Entries on ancient folk customs, such as well dressing and harvest festivals, but also on photocopylore, the Tooth Fairy and the folklore of sex.

1992, ABC-CLIO, OhioLINK Electronic Book Center

King Library (2nd floor) | BF1775 .D53 1989
Dictionary covering the wide range of folk beliefs that have survived into our own age.

Presents information on the gods of Greece, Rome, and Scandinavia, the more mystical deities of Buddhist and Hindu India, and the spirits of the African and American continents.

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King Reference (Ground Floor) | BL312 .L44 2005Essays on the world's major mythological traditions, retellings of some better-known myths, and entries on mythological types, motifs, and figures.

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