The motif-index and the tale type index: a critique

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The 'Motif-Index of Folk-Literature' and Antti Aarne/Stith Thompson's tale type index are criticized for overlapping, censorship and ghost entries. Aarne is criticized for classifying tales by dramatis personae rather than narrative plot. Thompson practiced censorship by calling obscene motifs beyond the scope of admittance. Ghost entries include typographical errors or occasional omissions found in the work.

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Use of motif and type indexes by teachers, storytellers, and children's librarians

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Lay users find the motif and type indexes helpful in finding folktales that relate to particular themes. 'The Storyteller's Sourcebook: A Subject, Title, and Motif Index to Children's Folklore Collections,' is a welcomed high-demand reference source to prove this point. Teachers and parents and storytellers also welcome motif and type indexes.

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Motifing 'Folktales of Newfoundland.'

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'Folktales of Newfoundland: The Resilience of the Oral Tradition,' uses a comprehensive rather than selective motif listing. The author describes a first person account of the process he used to identify each folktale. He takes into consideration of the tales' relationship to Newfoundland.

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