New Reference work (on the first floor in the Reference Collection)
Call number: REF GR 74 .G73 2008
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales & Fairy Tales (3 volumes)
Edited by Donald Haase
Publisher's description: Folk and fairy tales exist in all cultures and are at the heart of civilization. This Encyclopedia gives students and general readers a broad, multicultural survey of folk and fairy tales from around the world. Included are hundreds of alphabetically arranged entries written by numerous expert contributors.
Entries cover themes and motifs, individuals, characters and character types, national traditions, genres, and a range of other topics. Each entry cites works for further reading, and the Encyclopedia closes with a bibliography of print and electronic resources. Literature students will welcome this book as an aid to understanding and analyzing folk and fairy tales as literary forms, while social studies students will appreciate it as an exploration of the essence of world cultures.
