Aarne Thompson was a Finnish folklorist and scholar who is best known for his work in cataloging and classifying folktales. He is perhaps most famous for his work on the Aarne-Thompson-Uther (ATU) classification system for folktales, which is widely used by folklorists and researchers to categorize and study the stories and legends of various cultures around the world.
Thompson was born in Helsinki, Finland in 1867 and received his early education in his home country. He went on to study at the University of Helsinki, where he earned a degree in philology and folkloristics. After completing his studies, Thompson spent much of his career working as a researcher and scholar, focusing on the study of folktales and other forms of oral literature.
One of Thompson's most significant contributions to the field of folkloristics was the development of the ATU classification system, which he published in 1910. This system is based on the idea that folktales can be grouped into categories based on their themes, motifs, and other structural elements. The ATU system includes over 2,500 different categories, each of which is assigned a unique number, making it easier for scholars to catalog and study the tales within each category.
In addition to his work on the ATU classification system, Thompson also made significant contributions to the study of comparative mythology and the history of folklore. He published several books on these subjects, including "The Types of the Folktale" and "The Folklore of the Teutons," which are still widely read and cited by scholars today.
Overall, Aarne Thompson's work has had a lasting impact on the field of folkloristics and has helped to deepen our understanding of the stories, legends, and myths of various cultures around the world. His contributions to the study of folktales and other forms of oral literature will continue to be remembered and appreciated by scholars and researchers for years to come.
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I can't stay here. In short, everything succeeded so well that the youngest daughter began to think that the man's beard was not so very blue after all, and that he was a mighty civil gentleman. This made both of them mighty sorry, but it looked like the little boy was the sorriest, because he showed it the most. She made a cut in it. Because they now had nothing to fear, they went into the witch's house. When the sisters and the stepmother go to a ball church , they give Cinderella an impossible task e. You'll find the forks of the road.
And the little boy has remained a cuckoo to this very day. He got up early in the morning, and went to the riverside, where he filled his pockets with small white pebbles, and then returned home. They whacked out chips as big as your hat, and it wasn't so mighty long before the tree was ready to fall. Dis woman wouldn't allow da girl to court anybody, you know. About a month afterwards, Bluebeard told his wife that he was obliged to take a country journey for six weeks at least, about affairs of very great consequence. So her got a brudder name of Collin.
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It is said that the robins brought leaves and covered their dead bodies. This time they resolved to take them much deeper into the forest than before. This was the ogre, who was come home. But here is good game, which has luckily arrived just in time to serve to three ogre friends who are coming here to visit in a day or two. De day you are married, me wi' be in de bush shootin' me bird.
That's the morning sun shining on the chimney. You should have told me that in the first place. They continued to eat, without being distracted. There came a very bad year, and the famine was so great that these poor people decided to rid themselves of their children. They claim that Little Thumb never robbed the ogre at all, that he only made off with the seven-league boots, and that with a good conscience, because the ogre's only use of them was to pursue little children. What stories can you find in the Aarne-Thompson Index? The old witch is dead. An' she told her she could have anything she wanted; and she took a wand and hit the table, an' in Katie's mother's house there came lots of good things, and she was wonderin' where they came from.
This made the quality ladies walk fast too, and it wasn't so mighty long before the little boy heard them making a mighty curious fuss, and when he turned around, bless gracious! They kept on this a-way until the little boy began to get scared again. After the end of the silent film era new adaptations of Perrault's story were released. I suspect that a further reason for the choice of narratives has been to prevent conflicts. She prayed seven times. His wife died, and after a time he married another woman, who was cantankerous and bad natured, and from morning till evening, as long as the day lasted, she gave the poor man no peace, but snarled and shouted at him. Then one of them sat down in the road and made a curious mark in the sand, and their great long tales turned into axes, and no sooner did the tails turn into axes than they began to cut the tree down.
The moon was shining brightly, and the white pebbles in front of the house were glistening like silver coins. The dogs, they went up and smelled around, they did, and came back with their bristles up, but the little boy allowed he'd go up there anyhow and see what the dogs were mad about. They just spit on their hands and cut away. They saw the ogre coming, who was stepping from mountain to mountain, and crossing over rivers as easily as if they were little streams. Dey see his long tail show, an' he start to run.
I am resolved to lose them in the woods tomorrow, which may very easily be done; for, while they are busy in tying up the bundles of wood, we can leave them, without their noticing. There they saw an old man and woman sitting by the fire. Let us go and hear him," said some women among themselves, and sat down before him to hear him expound the great book. After they had sat there a long time, their eyes grew weary and closed, and they fell sound sleep. She heard the story from her grandmother, who lives at Newport News.
And the wrens said: Give us some crumbs, then you need not grieve. She quickly picked it up, but it was stained with blood. The tale type does not have to be accurate for every folktale. Now it is usual to ask guests to have an oil bath before dinner, and so his three brothers-in-law requested the tiger to take his seat on the fine mat for his bath. He had no one to take care of the children. She cut into it too, and when it bled a little, she again said, "Fat, fat. A little black bird said to them, "Follow me and I will show you your way home! Good things don't make them fat.
