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...

Stith Thompson (1928, 1961), and later further revised and expanded by German folklorist Hans-Jörg Uther (2004). The ATU Index, along with Thompson's...

composed by American folklorist Stith Thompson (1932–1936, revised and expanded 1955–1958). Often referred to as Thompson's motif-index, the catalogue has...

tales, which can comprise several motifs. It may be found, e.g., in Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature as "D2003. Forgotten fiancée. Young...

Antti Aarne and Stith Thompson. Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, Academia Scientiarum Fennica. pp. 241–243. ISBN 978-951-41-0963-8. Thompson, Stith; Roberts, Warren...

Brown 2007, p. 351 Thompson, Stith. The Folktale. University of California Press. 1977. pp. 58-59. ISBN 0-520-03537-2 Thompson, Stith. The Folktale. University...

original on December 29, 2011. Retrieved January 27, 2012. Antti Aarne, Stith Thompson. The types of the folktale. Helsinki: Academia Scientiarum Fennica 1961...

emperor Nero, who was often mockingly compared to a frog. Folklorist Stith Thompson suggested that the story of the Frog King in the German tradition began...

Classification and Bibliography, Based on the System of Antti Aarne and Stith Thompson. Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, Academia Scientiarum Fennica. pp. 250–251...

Central and South Europe, and in the Middle East. In the same vein, Stith Thompson argued for a Mediterranean origin for the story, due to "its great popularity"...

English translation of Asfaneyev's "The Goldfish" (1945) appeared, Stith Thompson included it in his One Hundred Favorite Folktales, so this version became...

subtype referring to a certain aspect of the legend: As described by Stith Thompson, all tale types begin when the hero pays the creditors of a dead man...

William & Mary Stith is also a first name, particularly in Stith Thompson (1885-1976), folklorist This page lists people with the surname Stith. If an internal...

international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as type ATU 130, "The Animals in Night Quarters (Bremen Town Musicians)". Folklorists Stith Thompson and Barre Toelken...

the types of gods as based on the Motif-Index of Folk-Literature, by Stith Thompson: A0 Creator A100—A199. The gods in general A101. Supreme God A104. The...

come out of pomegranates or other species of fruits, and even eggs. In Stith Thompson and Jonas Balys [lt]'s Oral Tales of India, this motif is indexed as...

Paganini to the "crossroad" myth associated with Robert Johnson. In Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature, "Bargain with the devil" constitutes...

a human prince. According to scholars Johannes Bolte, Jiri Polívka, Stith Thompson, and Hans-Jörg Uther, the tale, in the Grimm's compilation, originated...

folklore (and has been connected with non-European folklore). In the Stith Thompson Motif Index it is F661.3, described as "Skillful marksman shoots apple...

the most beautiful. — George MacDonald, The Fantastic Imagination As Stith Thompson points out, talking animals and the presence of magic seem to be more...

Other Persian Tales. G. Bles, 1950. pp. 11-34. ISBN 9787220018138. Thompson, Stith (1977). The Folktale. Berkeley, Los Angeles; London: University of...

Fairy Book. It is Aarne-Thompson type 516. Others of this type are Father Roquelaure and The Raven. Antti Aarne and Stith Thompson catalogued about 500 tales...

Animal as Bridegroom" to the tale of Cupid and Psyche. Folklore scholar Stith Thompson clarified that the animal bridegroom may have been born due to its parents'...

The motif falls under "D1361.12 magic cloak of invisibility" in the Stith Thompson motif index scheme. Cloaks of invisibility are magical items found in...

1118. In folkloristics, the uchide no kozuchi is catalogued in the Stith Thompson motif index scheme under "magic hammer, D 1470.1.46". In the legend...

314]". Thompson, Stith (1977). The Folktale. University of California Press. p. 61. ISBN 0-520-03537-2 Although folktale scholar Stith Thompson considered...

ignored (help) Thompson, Stith (1955), Motif-index of Folk-literature, Indiana University Press, p. 178, ISBN 0253338840 Thompson, Stith. The Folktale...

("shem-shamayim"), 'name of heaven'. Open sesame has been classified by Stith Thompson as motif element D1552.2, "Mountain opens to magic formula". Abracadabra...

Calumniated Wife is a motif in traditional narratives, numbered K2110.1 in Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature. It entails a wife being falsely accused...

710, "Our Lady's Child". Hungarian-American folklorist Linda Dégh and Stith Thompson also remarked on the closeness between types 450 and 403. In this regard...