The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales

1203 Pages·2008·15.05 MB·English

by  Donald Haase

The Greenwood
Encyclopedia of Folktales
and Fairy Tales, Volumes
1–3
Edited by
Donald Haase
Greenwood Press
THE GREENWOOD
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF
FOLKTALES AND
FAIRY TALES
ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
Cristina Bacchilega
Professor of English
University of Hawai‘i-M(cid:2)anoa
John Bierhorst
Independent Scholar
Anne E. Duggan
Associate Professor of French
Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan
Thomas Geider
Associate Professor of African Linguistics
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University
Frankfurt, Germany
Ulrich Marzolph
Professor of Islamic Studies
Georg-August-University
G€ottingen, Germany
Sadhana Naithani
Assistant Professor at the Centre of German Studies
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi, India
Maria Nikolajeva
Professor of Comparative Literature
Stockholm University
Stockholm, Sweden
Terri Windling
Independent Scholar, Author, and Artist
Founder of the Endicott Studio for Mythic Arts
Jan M. Ziolkowski
Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Medieval Latin
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Jack Zipes
Professor of German and Comparative Literature
University of Minnesota
THE GREENWOOD
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF
FOLKTALES AND
FAIRY TALES
Volume 1: A–F
Edited by
Donald Haase
GREENWOOD PRESS
Westport, Connecticut (cid:2) London
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
The Greenwoodencyclopedia of folktales and fairy tales / edited by DonaldHaase.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-33441-2 ((set) : alk. paper)
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-33442-9 ((vol. 1) : alk. paper)
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-33443-6 ((vol. 2) : alk. paper)
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-33444-3 ((vol. 3) : alk. paper)
1. Folklore—Encyclopedias. 2. Tales—Encyclopedias. 3. Fairy
tales—Encyclopedias. I. Haase, Donald.
GR74.G73 2008
398.203—dc22 2007031698
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available.
Copyright (cid:3)C 2008 by Donald Haase
All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
reproduced, by any process or technique, without the
express written consent of the publisher.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2007031698
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-33441-2 (set)
978-0-313-33442-9 (vol. 1)
978-0-313-33443-6 (vol. 2)
978-0-313-33444-3 (vol. 3)
First published in 2008
Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881
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Printed in the United States of America
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CONTENTS
ListofEntries vii
Preface xv
Acknowledgments xix
GuidetoTale-Type,Motif,MigratoryLegend,andBallad
ReferencesUsedintheEntries xxi
GuidetoRelatedTopics xxiii
Introduction xxxiii
TheEncyclopedia 1
BibliographyandResources 1057
Index 1123
AbouttheContributors 1145
AbouttheEditor 1161

LIST OF ENTRIES
Volume 1: A–F Archetype
Archives
Aarne, Antti (1867–1925) Arnim, Bettina von (1785–1859)
Adaptation Arnim, Gisela von (1827–1889)
Advertising Art
Aesop (sixth century BCE) Asbjørnsen, Peter Christen (1812–1885)
Afanas’ev, Aleksandr (1826–1871) Asturias, Miguel Angel (1899–1974)
African American Tales Atwood, Margaret (1939– )
African Tales Aucassin et Nicolette
Age Aulnoy, Marie-Catherine d’
Aladdin (1650/51–1705)
Albanian Tales Auneuil, Louise de Bossigny, Comtesse d’
Alcott, Louisa May (1832–1888) (d. c. 1700)
Alcover, Antoni Maria (1862–1932) Australian and Aotearoan/New Zealand
Alexander, Lloyd (1924–2007) Tales
Ali Baba Authenticity
Amades, Joan (1890–1959) Avery, Frederick “Tex” (1908–1980)
Amano Yoshitaka (1952– ) Aztec Tales
Anansi Baba Yaga
Andersen, Hans Christian (1805–1875) Bachelier, Anne (1949– )
Andersen, Hans Christian, in Biopics Bal(cid:3)azs, B(cid:3)ela (1884–1949)
Anderson, Walter (1885–1962) Ballad
Andersson, Christina (1936– ) B^arlea, Ovidiu (1917–1990)
Anecdote Barrie, Sir James Matthew (1860–1937)
Animal Bride, Animal Groom Barthelme, Donald (1931–1989)
Animal Tale Bart(cid:3)ok, B(cid:3)ela (1881–1945)
Animation Basile, Giambattista (1575–1632)
Anno Mitsumasa (1926– ) Baum, L. Frank (1856–1919)
Anthropological Approaches Bawdy Tale
Anti-Fairy Tale Bear’s Son
Anti-Semitism Beauty and the Beast
Aphorisms Beauty and the Beast (Television Series)
Apuleius, Lucius (c. 124–c. 170 CE) Bechstein, Ludwig (1801–1860)
Arabian Nights B(cid:3)ecquer, Gustavo Adolfo (1836–1870)
Arabian Nights Films Beech Mountain Jack Tale
viii LISTOF ENTRIES
La Belle et la Be^te (1946) Chain Tale
Benavente, Jacinto (1866–1954) Chamisso, Adalbert von (1781–1838)
Benfey, Theodor (1809–1881) Chamoiseau, Patrick (1953– )
Bernard, Catherine (c. 1663–1712) Changeling
Beskow, Elsa (1874–1953) Chapbook
Bettelheim, Bruno (1903–1990) Chaucer, Geoffrey (c. 1343–1400)
Bible, Bible Tale Childhood and Children
La bibliothe(cid:4)que bleue Children’s Literature
Bilibin, Ivan (1876–1942) Chinese Tales
Birth Chukovsky, Kornei (1882–1969)
Das blaue Licht (1932) Cinderella
Block, Francesca Lia (1962– ) Cinderella Films
Blood Cinderfella (1960)
Bluebeard Clarke, Susanna (1959– )
Bluebeard Films Classical Antiquity
Bly, Robert (1926– ) Clergy
Boccaccio, Giovanni (1313–1375) Clothing
B€ohl de Faber, Cecilia (1796–1877) Cocchiara, Giuseppe (1904–1965)
Bolte, Johannes (1858–1937) Collecting, Collectors
Boratav, Pertev Naili (1907–1998) Collodi, Carlo (1826–1890)
Borges, Jorge Luis (1899–1986) Coloma, Luis (1851–1915)
Bo(cid:5)skovi(cid:3)c-Stulli, Maja (1922– ) Colonialism
Brentano, Clemens (1778–1842) Colors
Briggs, Katharine M. (1898–1980) The Company of Wolves (1984)
Broadside Comparative Method
Bront€e, Charlotte (1816–1855) Conduit Theory
Brothers Contamination
Brothers Grimm in Biopics Conte de fe(cid:3)es
Broumas, Olga (1949– ) Context
Browne, Anthony (1946– ) Coover, Robert (1932– )
Burnett, Frances Eliza Hodgson Correia, H(cid:3)elia (1949– )
(1849–1924) Coyote
Burton, Richard Francis (1821–1890) Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock
Burton, Tim (1958– ) (1826–1887)
Busk, Rachel Harriette (1831–1907) Crane, Walter (1845–1915)
Byatt, A. S. (1936– ) Croker, Thomas Crofton (1798–1854)
Bye Bye Chaperon Rouge (1989) Cross-Dressing
Le cabinet des fe(cid:3)es Crowley, John (1942– )
Cabrera, Lydia (1899–1991) Cruikshank, George (1792–1878)
Calvino, Italo (1923–1985) Cumulative Tale
Cannibalism Cupid and Psyche
Cante Fable Dadi(cid:3)e, Bernard Binlin (1916– )
C(cid:5)apek, Karel (1890–1938) Dahl, Roald (1916–1990)
Capuana, Luigi (1839–1915) Dance
Carroll, Lewis (1832–1898) Daudet, Alphonse (1840–1897)
Carter, Angela (1940–1992) Davenport, Tom (1939– )
Cartoons and Comics Dazai Osamu (1909–1948)
Castroviejo, Concha (1910–1995) De Lint, Charles (1951– )
Cat De Morgan, Mary (1850–1907)
Cautionary Tale Dean, Pamela (1953– )
Cazotte, Jacques (1719–1792) Death
Celtic Tales DEFA Fairy-Tale Films
LISTOF ENTRIES ix
D(cid:3)egh, Linda (1920– ) Family
Delarue, Paul (1889–1956) Fantasy
Deledda, Grazia (1871–1936) Father
Deulin, Charles (1827–1877) Feminism
Devil Feminist Tales
Dickens, Charles (1812–1870) Fe(cid:2)ngshe(cid:3)n Ya(cid:5)ny(cid:4)ı
Didactic Tale Ferr(cid:3)e, Rosario (1938– )
Diffusion Fieldwork
Diop, Birago (1906–1989) Film and Video
Disability Finnish Tales
Disney, Walt (1901–1966) Fisherman and His Wife
Donoghue, Emma (1969– ) Folk
Dor(cid:3)e, Gustave (1832–1883) Folklore
Dorson, Richard M. (1916–1981) Folktale
Dragon Food
Duffy, Carol Ann (1955– ) Forbidden Room
Dulac, Edmund (1882–1953) Fouqu(cid:3)e, Friedrich de la Motte
Dumas, Philippe (1940– ) (1777–1843)
Dundes, Alan (1934–2005) Fractured Fairy Tales (1959–1964)
Dutch Tales Frame Narrative
Duvall, Shelley (1949– ) Franz, Marie-Louise von (1915–1998)
Dvo(cid:5)r(cid:3)ak, Anton(cid:3)ın (1841–1904) Freeman, Mary E. Wilkins (1852–1930)
Dwarf, Dwarves Freeway and Freeway II (1996, 1999)
Editing, Editors French Canadian Tales
Egyptian Tales French Tales
Eichendorff, Joseph Freiherr von Freud, Sigmund (1856–1938)
(1788–1857) Frobenius, Leo (1873–1938)
Ekman, Fam (1946– ) Frog King
El Dorado Frost, Gregory (1951– )
Elf, Elves Froud, Brian (1947– )
Ende, Michael (1929–1995) Function
English Tales
Epic
Volume 2: G–P
Erdrich, Louise (1954– )
Erotic Tales Gaarder, Jostein (1952– )
Ershov, Pyotr (1815–1869) G(cid:3)ag, Wanda (1893–1946)
Espinosa, Aurelio M. (1880–1958) Gaiman, Neil (1960– )
Estonian Tales Galland, Antoine (1646–1715)
Ethnographic Approaches Garc(cid:3)ıa M(cid:3)arquez, Gabriel (1928– )
Etiologic Tale Garner, Alan (1934– )
Ever After (1998) Gautier, Th(cid:3)eophile (1811–1872)
Ewald, Carl (1856–1908) Gay and Lesbian Tales
Ewing, Juliana Horatia (1841–1885) Gender
Exemplum, Exempla German Tales
Fable Gesta Romanorum
Fabliau, Fabliaux Ghost Story
Faerie and Fairy Lore Gilgamesh
Fagunwa, Daniel Orowole (1903–1963) Glinka, Mikhail (1804–1857)
Fairy, Fairies Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
Fairy Tale (1749–1832)
Fakelore Gonzenbach, Laura (1842–1878)
False Bride Gozzi, Carlo (1720–1806)