by Petja Kauppi | Jan 18, 2021 | FFN 54, Reviews
Bengt af Klintberg Karel Dvorák (1913–1989) was a Czech folklorist who became professor of ethnology and folkloristics at the Charles University in Prague. Like many other folklorists, he first studied literature, and his special field as a scholar was the...
by Folklore Fellows | Dec 4, 2019 | FFN 53, Reviews
Joonas Ahola Matthias Egeler 2018: Atlantic Outlooks on Being at Home: Gaelic Place-Lore and the Construction of a Sense of Place in Medieval Iceland. Finnish Academy of Science and Letters Folklore Fellows’ Communications 314 Porvoo 2018, 324 pp. Available at...
by Folklore Fellows | Jul 24, 2009 | Reviews
Annikki Kaivola-Bregenhøj, Narrative and Narrating. Variation in Juho Oksanen’s Storytelling. Folklore Fellows’ Communications No. 261. Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia (Academia Scientiarum Fennica), 1996. 211 pp. Hard (ISBN 951-41-0806-X), FIM 150, Soft (ISBN...
by Folklore Fellows | Jul 24, 2009 | Reviews
Christine Goldberg, The Tale of the Three Oranges. Folklore Fellows’’ Communications No. 263. Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia (Academia Scientiarum Fennica), 1997. 268 pp. Hard (ISBN 951-41-0806-X), FIM 155, Soft (ISBN 951-41-0807-8), FIM 130, Available at the...
by Folklore Fellows | Jul 6, 2009 | Reviews
The epic flows like a river. Where has water been born? Gopala Naika Lauri Honko, Textualising the Siri Epic. Folklore Fellows’ Communications No. 264. Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia (Academia Scientiarum Fennica), 1998. 695 pp. Hard (ISBN 951-41-0812-4), FIM...
by Folklore Fellows | Jul 6, 2009 | Reviews
Marjatta Jauhiainen, The Type and Motif Index of Finnish Belief Legends. Revised and enlarged edition of Lauri Simonsuuri’s Typen- und Motivverzeichnis der finnischen mythischen Sagen (FFC No. 182). Folklore Fellows’ Communications No. 267. Helsinki: Suomalainen...
