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Folklore -- General

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1008080852.gifABELL: Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature   Article database with citations only   Includes Book Reviews   
Access Info: Ohio U. - Athens campus only (including off-campus access)
Citations (covering the years 1920 - 1997) for monographs, periodical articles, critical editions of literary works, book reviews, collections of essays, and doctoral dissertations on English language and literature, bibliography, and traditional culture of the English-speaking world... more
1008080852.gifDictionary of African Mythology , by Harold Scheub     
Access Info: Ohio U. - all campuses (including off-campus access)
A collection of 400 folktales which come from all parts of the African continent... more
1008080852.gifDictionary of Asian Mythology , by David Leeming     
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"Stories of revered deities, sacred places, key events and epics, with many recurring themes and traditions... more
1008080852.gifDictionary of Celtic Mythology, by James MacKillop     
Access Info: Ohio U. - all campuses (including off-campus access)
Contains more than 4000 entries encompassing "the whole of Celtic mythology, legend, saga, and folklore... more
1008080852.gifDictionary of English Folklore , by Jacqueline Simpson and Steve Roud    
Access Info: Ohio U. - all campuses (including off-campus access)
Contains more than 1250 "explanations of a wide range of subjects in folklore and includes articles on oral and performance genres such as cheese rolling, morris dancing, and rushbearing, superstitions such as crossing fingers and wishbones, beliefs like fairy rings and frog showers, and calendar customs from April Fool's Day to St... more
1008080852.gifDictionary of Superstitions, by Iona Opie and Moira Tatem     
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Contains 1250 entries on a "wide range of folk beliefs that have survived into our own age... more
1008080852.gifDictionary of World Mythology, by Arthur Cotterell     
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Contains thousands of entries on "the powerful gods of Greece, Rome, and Scandinavia, the more mystical deities of Buddhist and Hindu India, and the stern spirits of the African and American continents... more
1008080852.gifeHRAF World Cultures [former title: eHRAF Collection of Ethnography]   Full-Text   
Access Info: Ohio U. - all campuses (including off-campus access)
Online access to a growing database of full-text books, articles and dissertations on selected cultures of the world... more
Encyclopedia Mythica    
Online encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, legends, and related subjects... more
Encyclopedia of Monsters, Mythical Creatures and Fabulous Beasts    
Articles, sometimes with pictures, of monsters from myths and legends of many countries... more
1008080852.gifEncyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology    
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"Entries examine topical essays, recent phenomena, concepts, cults, prominent individuals and personalities, organizations and publications, as well as providing entries tracing the development of occultism and parapsychology in particular countries... more
1008080852.gifEncyclopedia of Religious Rites, Rituals, and Festivals, by Frank A. Salamone, editor    
Access Info: Ohio U. - Athens campus only (including off-campus access)
Contains more than 120 articles on "religious beliefs expressed through ritualized behavior and festivals... more
1008080852.gifExtraordinary Encounters: An Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrials and Otherworldly Beings, by Jerome Clark    
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This encyclopedia is primarily a collection of entries concerning supposed historical encounters with life beyond that on Earth... more
Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts, by D. L. Ashliman    
Large collection of stories from mythology and folklore around the world, in variant versions, arranged thematically... more
1008080852.gifFolklore Journals (JSTOR)   Full-Text   Includes Book Reviews   
Access Info: Ohio U. - Athens, Eastern, Lancaster, and Zanesville campuses only (including off-campus access)
Searchable full-text journals, from their first year until about 5 years ago... more
Folkstreams.net    
A unique film site that offers summaries, production details, and the films themselves... more
1008080852.gifMLA International Bibliography   Article database with citations only   Includes Book Reviews   
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Bibliographic information (beginning in 1926) for critical scholarly materials in literature, criticism, drama, language, linguistics, humanities, and folklore... more
1008080852.gifMythology and Folklore (Oxford Reference Online)   Full-Text   
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Full-text access to some important reference works on mythology, folklore and supersition from around the world, published by Oxford University Press... more
Orang Asli Archive   Includes some Full-Text   
Provides information on the Orang Asli Archive at Keene State College... more
1008080852.gifOxford Companion to World Mythology, by David Leeming    
Access Info: Ohio U. - all campuses (including off-campus access)
Contains more than 1700 "essays on the world's major mythological traditions (Greek, Native American, Indian, Japanese, Sumerian, Egyptian), along with retellings of better-known myths, and entries on mythological types, motifs, and figures (such as the Descent to the Underworld, the Hero, Creation, Odysseus, Spider Woman, and Inanna), and related subjects (such as fairly tales and legends)... more
Public Anthropology: Anthropology Journal Archive Project, by Robert Borofsky   Article database with abstracts   
Contains e-journal, book series, writings by distinguished anthropologists, and a photo gallery that depicts arresting images of people from a variety of cultures... more
Resources in Ethnographic Studies    
A collection of links to resources in Anthropology, Ethnomusicology, Folklore, and Folklife... more

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