Specific Cultures

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• Afshar, Mahasti Ziai. The Immortal Hound: The Genesis and Transformation of a Symbol in Indo-Iranian Traditions . New York : Garland Pub., 1990
• Bascom, William. African folktales in the New World. Indiana Univ. Pr., 1992.
• Boyer, L. Bryce. Childhood and Folklore : A Psychoanalytic Study of Apache Personality . New York : Library of Psychological Anthropology, 1979.
• Chattopadhyay, Aparna. Studies in the Kathasaritsagara. Varanasi : A. Chattopadhyay, 1993.
• Dixon, Roland Burrage. The Swan-Maiden Theme in the Oceanic Area. Washington, 1916.
• Dundes, Alan. Life Is Like a Chicken Coop Ladder : A Study of German National Character Through Folklore. Detroit: Wayne State Univ. Pr., 1989.
• Dundes, Alan. Mother Wit from the Laughing Barrel : Readings in the Interpretation of Afro-American Folklore (Critical Studies on Black Life and Culture). Mississippi: Univ. Pr. of Mississippi, 1991.
• Ervast, Pekka. The Key to the Kalevala Blue Dolphin, 1999.
• Flowers, Helen Laneva A classification of the folktale of the West Indies by type and motifs Ayer Co., 1980.
• Ford, Clyde W. The hero with an African face : mythic wisdom of traditional Africa Bantam, 2000.
• Forms of folklore in Africa : narrative, poetic, gnomic, dramatic . Univ. of Texas Press, ?
• Haney, Jack V. An introduction to the Russian folktale> Sharpe, 1999.
• Hill, Elizabeth F. A Comparative Study of the Cultural, Narrative, and Language Content of Selected Folktales Told in Burma, Canada, and Yorubaland. Theses (PhD) - University of Alberta, 1990.
• Huang, Lucia American Young Adult Novels and Their European Fairy-Tale Motifs. Peter Lang Publishing, 1998.
• Kawai, Hayao. The Japanese Psyche: Major Motifs in the Fairy Tales of Japan. Dallas, TX: Spring Publications, 1988.
• Layard, J. (John). A Celtic Quest : Sexuality and Soul in Individuation : a Depth- Psychology Study of the Mabinogion Legend of Culhwch and Olwen. Dallas, Tex.: Spring Publications, 1975.
• Lessa, William A. More Tales from Ulithi Atoll : A Content Analysis . Univ. California Press, 1980.
• Luthi, Max The European folktale : form and nature Indiana Univ. Pr, 1986.
• Okpewho, Isidore. African Oral Literature: Backgrounds, Character, and Continuity. Indiana Univ. Pr., 1992.
• Peterson, I.V. Gender and Genre in the Folklore of Middle India. Middletown, 1997.
• Quintelli-Neary, Marguerite Folklore and the Fantastic in Twelve Modern Irish Novels. Greenwood, 1997.
• Roheim, Geza. The Eternal Ones of the Dream : a Psychoanalytic Interpretation of Australian Myth and Ritual. New York, N.Y.: International Universities Press, 1969
• Seitel, Peter See So That We May See : Performances and Interpretations of Traditional Tales from Tanzania. Indiana Univ. Press, 1980.
• Stewart, R. J. Pagan imagery in English folksong. Humanities Press, ?
• Teitelbaum, Jacqueline S. The Hebrew folktale : history, genre, meaning Indiana Univ. Pr, 1999.
• Thompson, Chad K'etetaalkkaanee: the one who paddled among the people and animals : an analytical companion volume. Yukon Koyukuk School District; Univ. of Alaska, ?
• Varshney, D. C. Myths and Symbols in Hindu Mythology : A Legal Interpretation. South Asia Books, 1990.
• Wosien, Maria-Gabriele. The Russian Folk-Tale. Some Structural and Thematic Aspects. Munchen: Sagner, 1969.
• Zipes, Jack (ed.). Spells of Enchantment : The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture. Penguin, 1992.