Available Folklore Resources at George Mason University. Below is a menu that will take you to the various different categories of resources.

Encyclopedias

  • American Folklore: An Encyclopedia [GR101.A45]
  • Encyclopedia of Folklore and Literature [PN41 .E48 1998]
  • Encyclopedia of American Folklife [GR105 .E53 2006]
  • Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Beliefs, Customs, Tales, Music and Art [GR35 .F63 1997]
  • The Folklore of American Holidays [GT4803 .F65 1999]
  • American Elves: An Encyclopedia of the Little People from 380 Ethnic Groups of the Western Hemisphere [GR549.R67]
  • Archetypes and Motifs in Folklore and Literature: A Handbook [GR72.56 .A73 2005]
  • Atlas of the Mysterious in North America [G1106.E627 G8]
  • Encyclopedia of Urban Legends [GR105.34 .B78 2001]
  • Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology [BL311 .N43 1959]
  • Medieval Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Myths, Legends, Tales, Beliefs, and Customs [GR35 .M43 2000]
  • Myths and Legends [GR74 .m97]
  • Myth, Legend, and Romance: An Encyclopedia of the Irish Folk Tradition [GR153.5 .016]
  • Myths and Legends of the World [BL311 .M97]
  • Nectar & Ambrosia: An Encyclopedia of Food in World Mythology [GR498 .A53]
  • Outlines of Chinese Symbolism and Art Motives: An Alphabetical Compendium of Legends and Beliefs, as Reflected in the Manners and Customs of the Chinese [GR335.W5 08]
  • The Customs and Ceremonies of Britain: An Encyclopedia of Living Traditions [DA110 .K53 1986]
  • The Encyclopedia of Jewish Symbols [BM50 .F74 1992]
  • The Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend [BL303 .M45 1988]
  • The Folklore of World Holidays [GT3930 .F65 1992]
  • The Folklore of World Holidays [GT3930 .F65 1999]
  • The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Maori Myth and Legend [GR375 .075 1995]
  • The Oxford Companion to Austrailian Folklore [GR365 .O94]
  • The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets [BL458 .W34 1983]
  • Travel Legend and Lore: An Encyclopedia [G151 .F75]

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Dictionaries

  • A Concordance to five Middle English Poems: Cleanness, St. Erkenwald, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Patience, and Pearl [PR265 .K6]
  • A Dictionary and Catalog of African American Folklife of the South [GR110 .A47 P93 1999]
  • A Dictionary of English Folklore [GR141 .S573 2000]
  • A Dictionary of Folklore [GR35 .P53 1999]
  • A Dictionary of Superstitions [BF1775 .D53 1989]
  • A Dictionary of Superstitions and Mythology [BL303 .B6 D5]
  • A Dictionary of Symbols [GR931 .C4413 1996]
  • Chaucer Name Dictionary: A Guide to Astrological, Biblical, Historical, Literary, and Mythological Names in the works of Geoffery Chaucer [PR1903 .D4]
  • Dictionary of Chicano Folklore [GR111 .M49 C37 2000]
  • Dictionary of Medical Folklore [RC81 .A2 R56 1976]
  • Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend [GR35 .F8]
  • Harper's Dictionary of Hinduism: It's Mythology, Folklore, Philosophy, Literature, and History [BL1105 .S88x]
  • Larousse Dictionary of World Folklore [GR35 .J664 1996]
  • Similes Dictionary: A Collection of more than 16,000 Comparison Phrases from Ancient Times to the Present Compiled from Books, Folklore, Magazines, Newspaper, Plays, Politics, Stage, Screen, Television, and Arranged Under More than 500 Thematic Categories [PN6084.S5 S56 1988]
  • The Cassell Dictionary of Folklore None The Penguin Dictionary of American folklore [GR105.34 .A94]
  • The Women's Dictionary of Symbols and Sacred Objects [CB475 .W35 1988b]

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Journals
Many of these are available online with full text articles either at their web sites, or at JSTOR, Project MUSE, and ProQuest, which are all accessible through GMU. Journals not available at JSTOR and Project MUSE (noted below) can likely be found on ProQuest.

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Resources

  • A List of North American Record Companies Specialzing in Folk Music and Folklore [LC 1.12/2:N 81/3]
  • A Teacher's Guide to Folklife Resources for K-12 Classrooms [LB1583.8 .B38]
  • Folklife and the Federal Government: A Guide to Activities, Resources, Funds and Services ]LC 39.9:1]
  • Folklife Resources in New Jersey [LC 39.2 :R31]
  • Folklife Sourcebook: A Directory of Folklife Resources in the United States [GR37 .B37 1994]
  • Folklore and Ethnomusicology Societies in North America [LC 1.12/2:F 71/6 ]
  • Folklore and Folk Music Archives and Related Collections in the United States and Canada [LC 1.12/2:Ar 2/3]
  • New Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology [BL311 .N43]
  • Publishers in North America of Books and Monographs with Folklore, Ethnomusicology, and Folk Music Series or Catalogue[LC 39.13:6]
  • Traditional Music and Spoken Word Catalog from the Library of Congress

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Anthologies

  • Anthropology Folklore and Myth [GR67.A57]
  • Handbook of American Folklore [GR105 .H36 19893]

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Indices

  • Folklore: A Study and Research Guide [GR66 .B78 F6]
  • Index to Fairy Tales, [1949-1972 PN3437 .I7 I6]
  • Index to Fairy Tales, [1973-1977 PN3437 .I7 I6 1979]
  • Index to Fairy Tales, [1978-1986 PN3437 .I7 I6 1989]
  • Index to Fairy Tales, [1987-1992 PN3437 .I7 I6 1994]
  • Motif Index of the Child Corpus: the English and Scottish Popular Ballad [PR976 .W85]
  • Motif-Index of Folk Literature: A Classification of Narrative Elements in Folktales, Ballads, Myths, Fables, Medieval Romances, Exempla, Fabliaux, Jest-Books, and Local Legends [GR67 .T5 M6]
  • Motif-Index of Spanish Folk Narratives [GR230 .G57 1998]
  • Popular Beliefs and Superstitions: A Compendium of American Folklore: From the Ohio Collection of Newbell Niles Puckett [GR110.048 P82]
  • The Frank C. Brown Collection of North Carolina Folklore [GR110 .N8 D85F7]
  • The Storyteller's Sourcebook: A Subject, Title and Motif Index to Folklore Collections for Children [GR74.6 .M3 1982]
  • The Study of American Folklore: An Introduction [GR 105 .B7]
  • Type and Motif-index of the Folktales of England and North America [GR67 .B3]
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Newsletters

  • Folklife Center News
  • Folklore in the Carolinas: The Newsletter of the North Carolina Folklore Society and the South Carolina Traditional Arts Network
  • New York Folklore Newsletter
  • Newsletter of the North Carolina Folklore Society

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Storyteller by Judy Toya of the Towa Puebla of Jemez. Pottery. About 1987.

Mukluks made by Central Yup'ik woman artist from Unalakleet, AK. Seal, beaver skins and polyester. 1984. (Artist's name confidential).

GMU student dyes a folklore classmate's hand with henna, teaching a woman's artform associated with weddings. 1999. (Artist's name confidential). (Margaret Yocom Photo)

Students decorate the George Mason statue in the flags of many nations during International Week in April. 2000. (Margaret Yocom Photo)

  
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