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Another characteristic element of the tale type is the type of the birthmark: they are usually shown as a sun, a moon, or a star. [2] French historian François Delpech ( fr ) noted that strange birthmarks in folktales indicated a supernatural or royal origin of the characters, and mentioned the tale type in that regard.
The motif-index and the ATU indices are regarded as standard tools in the study of folklore. For example, folklorist Mary Beth Stein said that, "Together with Thompson's six-volume Motif-Index of Folk-Literature, with which it is cross-indexed, The Types of Folktale constitutes the most important reference work and research tool for comparative folk-tale analysis. [1]
The Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index (ATU Index) is a catalogue of folktale types used in folklore studies.The ATU index is the product of a series of revisions and expansions by an international group of scholars: Originally published in German by Finnish folklorist Antti Aarne (1910), [1] the index was translated into English, revised, and expanded by American folklorist Stith Thompson (1928 ...
The Encyclopedia of Fairy Tales provides an overview in the following areas, as relevant to folk narrative research: [3] [8] Theories and methodologies, Genre questions, problems of style and structure, issues of context and performance; Important tale-types and motifs; Biographies of scholars, collectors, and authors; National and regional surveys
The 1956 Looney Tunes cartoon short Yankee Dood It is based on this fairy tale, with Elmer Fudd as the king of industrial elves. 150 years after this fairy tale took place, he visits the shoemaker to retrieve the elves he has employed, while also imparting the virtues of mass production capitalism to him.
"The Water Nixie" or "The Water-Nix" is a fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 79. [1] It came from Hanau. [2]It is Aarne-Thompson type 313A, the girl helps the hero flee and revolves about a transformation chase. [3]
The fairy books were published included fairy tales that were reimagined with warlike undertones. [8] These books included the Navy Book of Fairy Tales (1916), Edmund Dulac's Fairy Book: Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations (1916), and The Allies' Fairy Book (1916). [8] [9] The fairy tales in these books were not originally written as war ...