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The Aarne–Thompson classification systems are indices used to classify folktales: the Aarne–Thompson Motif-Index (catalogued by alphabetical letters followed by numerals), the Aarne–Thompson Tale Type Index (cataloged by AT or AaTh numbers), and the Aarne–Thompson–Uther classification system (developed in 2004 and cataloged by ATU numbers). They are named after their authors, Antti Aarne, Stith Thompson, and Hans-Jörg Uther. The indices are used in folkloristics to organize, classify, and analyze folklore narratives and are essential tools for folklorists, as Alan Dundes explained in 1997 about the first two indices, "the identification of folk narratives through motif and/or tale type numbers has become an international sine qua non among bona fide folklorists".

folkloristics folktales folklore

References

  1. Ashliman, D. L. 1987. A Guide to Folktales in the English Language: Based on the Aarne–Thompson Classification System. New York, Greenwood Press.
  2. Uther, Hans-Jörg. "Classifying folktales: The Third Revision of the Aarne–Thompson Tale Type Index (FFC 184)". folklorefellow.fi. http://www.folklorefellows.fi/?page_id=915. 
  3. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales, Donald Haase, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2008, p. xxi.
  4. Dundes, Alan (1997) "The Motif-Index and the Tale Type Index: A Critique". Journal of Folklore Research Vol. 34, No. 3, pp. 195–202. https://www.jstor.org/pss/3814885
  5. Vladimir Propp, Morphology of the Folktale. Similarly, Alan Dundes points out that "Aarne’s mistake was not classifying tales on the basis of narrative plot rather than [on characters]" because "the same tale can be told with either animal or human characters" (197). "Introduction." Theory and History of Folklore. Ed. Anatoly Liberman. University of Minnesota: University of Minnesota Press, 1984. pg ix
  6. Propp, Morphology of the Folktale, p. 5 f.
  7. Graça da Silva, Sara; Tehrani, Jamshid J. (January 2016). "Comparative phylogenetic analyses uncover the ancient roots of Indo-European folktales". Royal Society Open Science (The Royal Society). doi:10.1098/rsos.150645. http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/3/1/150645#F4. Retrieved 5 April 2017. 
  8. Maarten Janssen. "Multilingual Folk Tale Database". Mftd.org. http://www.mftd.org/index.php?action=atu&act=select&atu=592. Retrieved 2018-07-12. 
  9. "The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales [3 Volumes] - Donald Haase - Google Books". Books.google.com. 2007-12-30. https://books.google.com/books?id=w9KEk9wQPjkC&pg=PA786&lpg=PA786&dq=ATU+592&source=bl&ots=TdDjHA6OZI&sig=BPMc1SNTkK7wUuyJsQCm4lAS2mQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiCzfe_4IXcAhVKzVMKHR5EBLMQ6AEIPzAD#v=onepage&q=ATU%20592&f=false. Retrieved 2018-07-12. 
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