Stith Thompson

Stith Thompson Stith Thompson (March 7, 1885 – January 10, 1976) was an American folklorist: he has been described as "America's most important folklorist".

He is the "Thompson" of the Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index, which indexes folktales by type, and the author of the ''Motif-Index of Folk-Literature'', a resource for folklorists that indexes motifs, granular elements of folklore. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Motif-index of folk-literature ; a classification of narrative elements in folk-tales, ballads, myths, fables, mediaeval romances, exempla, fabliaux, jest-books, and local legends.
    by Thompson, Stith, 1885-1976
    Published 1955
    Book
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    One hundred favorite folktales /
    by Thompson, Stith, 1885-1976
    Published 1968
    Book
  3. 3
    Round the levee /
    by Thompson, Stith, 1885-1976
    Published 1935
    Book
  4. 4
    The folktale /
    by Thompson, Stith, 1885-1976
    Published 1946
    Book
  5. 5
    Types of Indic oral tales : India, Pakistan, and Ceylon /
    by Thompson, Stith, 1885-1976
    Published 1960
    Book
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    Narrative motif-analysis as a folklore method /
    by Thompson, Stith, 1885-1976
    Published 1955
    Book
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    Four symposia on folklore [held at the Midcentury International Folklore Conference, Indiana University, July 21-Aug. 4, 1950].
    by Thompson, Stith, 1885-1976
    Published 1953
    Conference Proceeding Book
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    Motif-index of folk-literature : a classification of narrative elements in folk-tales, ballads, myths, fables, mediaeval romances, exempla, fabliaux, jest-books, and local legends /
    by Thompson, Stith, 1885-1976
    Published 1932
    Book
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    Tales of the North American Indians /
    by Thompson, Stith, 1885-1976
    Published 1929
    Book
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    Tales of the North American Indians /
    by Thompson, Stith, 1885-1976
    Published 1966
    Book
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    The oral tales of India /
    by Thompson, Stith, 1885-1976
    Published 1976
    Book
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    Our heritage of world literature /
    by Thompson, Stith, 1885-1976
    Published 1942
    Book
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    The folktale /
    by Thompson, Stith, 1885-1976
    Published 1977
    Book
  14. 14
    A folklorist's progress : reflections of a scholar's life /
    by Thompson, Stith, 1885-1976
    Published 1996
    Book
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    Old English poems, translated into the original meter : together with short selections from Old English prose /
    by Newton, Cosette Faust, 1889-
    Published 1975
    Other Authors: “...Thompson, Stith, 1885-1976...”
    Book
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    Motif-index of Mediaeval Spanish exempla.
    by Keller, John Esten
    Published 1949
    Other Authors: “...Thompson, Stith, 1885-1976...”
    Book
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    The types of the folktale ; a classification and bibliography /
    by Aarne, Antti, 1867-1925
    Published 1961
    Other Authors: “...Thompson, Stith, 1885-1976...”
    Book
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    The types of the folk-tale : a classification and bibliography. Antti Aarne's Verzeichnis der Marchentypen (FF communications no.3) /
    by Aarne, Antti, 1867-1925
    Published 1964
    Other Authors: “...Thompson, Stith, 1885-1976...”
    Book
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    Studies in folklore, in honor of Distinguished Service Professor Stith Thompson /
    Other Authors: “...Thompson, Stith, 1885-1976...”
    Book
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    Round the levee /
    Published 1935
    Other Authors: “...Thompson, Stith, 1885-1976...”
    Microform Book
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