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• Ocherki po istorīi russkoĭ narodnoĭ slovesnosti. I-II. (Izd. "Galit︠s︡ko-russkoĭ matit︠s︡y, 1901), by I︠U︡. A. I︠A︡vorskīĭ (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

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• O ni͡ekotorykh simvolakh v slavi͡anskoĭ narodnoĭ poėzīi. (V Universitetskoĭ tip., 1860), by Aleksandr Afanasʹevich Potebni︠a︡ (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vybrané báje a pověsti národní : jiných větví slovanských (Nakl. spolku pro vydávaní laciných knih českých, 1869), by Karel Jaromír Erben (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vybrané báje a pověsti národní jiných větví slovanských (Nákl. J. Otty, 1905), by Karel Jaromír Erben and Václav Tille (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Die Slawen in Deutschland; beiträge zur volkskunde der Preussen, Litaurer und Letten, der Masuren und Philipponen, der Tschechen, Mägrer und Sorben, Polaben und Slowinzen, Kaschuben und Polen. (F. Vieweg, 1902), by Franz Tetzner (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Pami͡atniki i obrazt͡sy narodnago i͡azyka i slovesnosti russkikh i zapadnykh slavi͡an. (Imper. Akad. nauk., 1852), by Imperatorskai͡a akademīi͡a nauk (Russia). Otdi͡elenīe russkago i͡azyka i slovesnosti (page images at HathiTrust)
• Báje a pověsti slovanské (Družstvení práce, 1928), by Karel Jaromír Erben (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Danica 1843- (Columbia University Libraries, 1843), by Ljudevit Gaj (page images at HathiTrust)
• Danica ilirska (Ljudevit Gaj], 1836), by Ljudevit Gaj (page images at HathiTrust)

• Bibliography of Slavic folk literature. (King's Crown Press, 1953), by William Edward Harkins (page images at HathiTrust)

• Iz istorīi literaturnago obshchenīi︠a︡ Vostoka i Zapada. (V. Demakov, 1872), by A. N. Veselovskīĭ (page images at HathiTrust)
• O národních písních a povestech plemen slovanských. ([Nákl. Ceského museum] v kommissí u F. Rivnáce, 1853), by Ludovít Stúr (page images at HathiTrust)
• Greeko-Slavonic : Ilchester lectures on Greeko-Slavonic literature and its relation to the folk-lore of Europe during the Middle Ages (Trübner :, 1887), by Moses Gaster (page images at HathiTrust)
• Greeko-Slavonic : Ilchester lectures on Greeko-Slavonic literature and its relation to the folk-lore of Europe during the Middle Ages (Trübner :, 1887), by Moses Gaster (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sobiranie pami͡atnikov narodnago tvorchestva. (1883), by Vladimir Iosifovich Ivat͡sevich (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sochinenii͡a (Tip. Imperatorskoǐ Akademii nauk, 1800), by A. A. Kotli͡arevskīĭ (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Pami͡atniki galit͡sko-russkoĭ narodnoĭ slovestnosti (Tip. S. V. Kulʹzhenko, 1915), by I͡U. A. I͡Avorskīĭ (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Motif-Index of Folk-Literature: A Classification of Narrative Elements in Folktales, Ballads, Myths, Fables, Mediaeval Romances, Exempla, Fabliaux, Jest-Books, and Local Legends (revised and enlarged edition; 6 volumes; Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1955-1958), by Stith Thompson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Grateful Dead: The History of a Folk Story (London: Published for the Folk-Lore Society by David Nutt, 1908), by Gordon Hall Gerould
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• Odyssee und Argonautika: Untersuchungen zur Griechischen Sagengeschichte und zum Epos (in German; Berlin: Weidmann, 1921), by Karl Meuli
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• Type and motif-index of the folktales of England and North America. (Mouton & Co., 1966), by Ernest Warren Baughman (page images at HathiTrust)
• The ocean of story : being C. H. Tawney's translation of Somadeva's Kathā sarit sāgara (or Ocean of streams of story) (Privately printed for subscribers only by C. J. Sawyer, 1924), by active 11th century Somadeva Bhaṭṭa, Norman Mosley Penzer, and Charles Henry Tawney (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Das volksleid: Es waren zwei königskinder, ein beitrag zur geschichte des volksleides überhaupt ... (Buchdr. A. Hille, 1917), by Ernst Rosenmüller (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Das märchen in den göttersagen der Edda (G. Reimer, 1899), by Friedrich von der Leyen (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Volksmärchen, sage und novelle bei Herodot und seinen zeitgenossen; eine untersuchung über die volkstümlichen elemente der altgriechischen prosaerzählung (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1921), by Wolfgang Aly (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Anmerkungen zu den Kinder- u. Hausmärchen der Brüder Grimm. (Dieterichʹsche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1913), by Johannes Bolte and Jiří Polívka (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Sohrab and Rustem, the epic theme of a combat between father and son; a study of its genesis and use in literature and popular tradition. (D. Nutt, 1902), by Murray Anthony Potter (page images at HathiTrust)
• Les contes de Perrault et les récits parallèles (E. Nourry, 1923), by P. Saintyves and Charles Perrault (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Contes populaires de Lorraine comparés avec les contes des autres provinces de France et des pays étrangers, et précédés d'un essai sur l'origine et la propagation des contes populaires européens. (F. Vieweg, 1886), by Emmanuel Cosquin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hatim's tales; Kashmiri stories and songs, recorded with the assistance of Pandit Govind Kaul by Aurel Stein, and edited with a translation, linguistic analysis, vocabulary, indexes, etc. (J. Murray, 1923), by George Abraham Grierson, William Crooke, Hātim Tilawôñ, Govinda Kaula, and Aurel Stein (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Leggende popolari. (U. Hoepli, 1904), by Eugenio Musatti (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Etude de folk-lore comparé; le conte de "la chaudière et la feinte maladresse" dans l'Inde et hors de l'Inde ... (Imprimerie F. Simon, 1910), by Emmanuel Cosquin (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Das rätsel der sphinx. (W. Hertz, 1889), by Ludwig Laistner (page images at HathiTrust)
• Herakles, aufsätze zur griechischen religions- und sagengeschichte (Mohr, 1922), by Bernhard Schweitzer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Zeus : a study in ancient religion / by Arthur Bernard Cook. (University Press, 1914), by Arthur Bernard Cook (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Devil in dog form (University of California Press, 1959), by Barbara Allen Woods (page images at HathiTrust)
• Der singende knochen. Ein beitrag zur vergleichenden märchenforschung (Suoamlainen tiedeakatemia, 1923), by Lutz Mackensen (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Die typen der griechisch-römischen fabel, mit einer einleitung über das wesen der fabel (Suomalainen tiedeakatemia, Academia scientiarum fennica, 1925), by Walter Wienert (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The black ox, a study in the history of a folk-tale (Suomalainen tiedeakatemia, Academia scientiarum fennica, 1927), by Archer Taylor (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Die märchen von klugen rätsellösern, eine vergleichende untersuchung (Suomalainen tiedeakatemia, Academia scientiarum fennica, 1928), by Jan de Vries (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Der getreue Johannes, eine vergleichende märchenstudie (Suomalainen tiedeakatemia, Academia scientiarum fennica, 1928), by Erich Rösch (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Studien zum märchentypus von Amor und Psyche (K. Schroeder, 1922), by Ernst Tegethoff (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Nibelungenstudien (K. Schroeder, 1921), by Franz Rolf Schröder (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Z motywów we̜drownych pochodzenia klasycznego. (Nakł. Pozn. Tow. Przyj. Nauk, 1921), by Witold Klinger (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Katha sarit sagara. Die märchensammlung des Sri Somadeva Bhatta aus Kaschmir ... Sanskrit und deutsch (F. A. Brockhaus, 1839), by active 11th century Somadeva Bhaṭṭa and Hermann Brockhaus (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Der schlangenkuss; die geschichte eines erlösungsmotivs in deutscher volksdichtung. (H. Eichblatt, 1928), by Emma Frank (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• En traditionestudie över sagan om Prinsessan i jordkulan (Aarnes 870) (Elanders boktryckeri aktiebolag, 1925), by Waldemar Liungman (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Der erloser in der wiege; ein beitrag zur deutschen volkssagenforschung (O. Beck, 1911), by Friedrich Ranke (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Die Tobiasgeschichte und andere Märchen mit Toten Helfern (P. Lindstedts Univ.-Bokhandel, 1927), by Sven S. Liljeblad (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Die sage vom wilden heere im deutschen volke ... (Druck von C.W. Offenhauer, 1914), by Hans Plischke (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Das Motiv von der unterschobenen Braut in der internationalen Erzählungslitteratur : mit einem Anhang : Ueber den Ursprung und die Entwicklung der Bertasage. (Bärensprung, 1897), by Paul Arfert (page images at HathiTrust)
• Das Märchen in den Göttersagen der Edda (G. Reimer, 1899), by Friedrich von der Leyen (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Contes slaves de la Macédoine sud-occidentale. Étude linguistique; textes et traduction; notes de folklore (É. Champion, 1923), by André Mazon (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Motif-index of the cuentos of Juan Timoneda. (Indiana Univ., 1948), by J. Wesley Childers (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sohrab and Rustem, the epic theme of a combat between father and son; a study of its genesis and use in literature and popular tradition. (AMS Press, 1972), by Murray Anthony Potter (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Sneewittc̈henstudien. (Hinrichs, 1915), by Ernst Adolf Böklen (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Erlesenes. (Gesellschaft deutscher bücherfreunde in Böhmen, 1928), by Albert Wesselski (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Två spinnsagor : en studie i jämförande folksagoforskning (P.A. Norstedt, 1909), by C. W. von Sydow (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Studien en essays over oude volksvertelsels ("De Sikkel", 1919), by Alfons de Cock (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The ocean of story (Priv. print. for subscribers only by C. J. Sawyer, 1924), by 11th cent Somadeva Bhaṭṭa, Norman Mosley Penzer, and C. H. Tawney (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• En traditionsstudie över sagen om Prinsessan i Jordkulan (Aarnes 870) (Elanders Boktryckeri Aktiebolag, 1925), by Waldemar Liungman (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Pohádkoslovné studie (Tiskem Aloisa Wiesnera, 1904), by Jiří Polívka (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Contos tradicionaes do povo portuguez. (J. A. Rodrigues, 1914), by Teófilo Braga (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Odyssee und Argonautika; Untersuchungen zur griechischen Sagengeschichte und zum Epos ... (Buchdr. Mehr, G.m.b.H., 1921), by Karl Meuli (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Die Reisen der drei Söhne des Königs von Serendippo : ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Märchenkunde. (A. Haack, 1891), by Georg Huth (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fabeln und parabeln der Weltliteratur. (M. Hesse, 1907), by Theodor Schulze (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Grimm library. (D. Nutt, 1894) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Historie von der Pfalzgräfin Genovesa. Ein Beitrag zur deutschen Literaturgeschichte und Mytholgie (Schubert & Seidel, 1860), by Julius Zacher (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vostochnye motivy v srednevi͡ekovom Evropeĭskom ėposi͡e (Tipo-lit. Tovar. I.N. Kushnerev, 1899), by G. N. Potanin (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Gesammelte Abhandlungen (Cotta, 1905), by Wilhelm Hertz and Friedrich von der Leyen (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Ocean of the streams of story (J.W Thomas (at the Baptist Mission Press), 1880), by active 11th century Somadeva Bhaṭṭa, C. H. Tawney, and C. H. Tawney (page images at HathiTrust)
• Le conte du chat et de la chandelle dans l'Europe du moyen âge et en Orient. (Champion, 1912), by Emmanuel Cosquin (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Northern parallels to the death of Pan. (s.n.], 1922), by Archer Taylor (page images at HathiTrust)
• On Fritz Reuter's story of the "Ganshandel." (Manchester, 1884), by William E. A. Axon (page images at HathiTrust)
• Katha sarit sagara; Die Mährchensammlung des Somadeva Bhatta, 1. bis 5. Buch (F. A. Brockhaus; [etc., etc.], 1839), by active 11th century Somadeva Bhaṭṭa and Hermann Brockhaus (page images at HathiTrust)
• Marguerite, ou, La blanche biche; erläuterung eines französischen Volksliedes (A. Ebel, 1920), by Albert Schramme (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Der schwank von der viermal getöteten leiche in der literatur des abend-und morgenlandes : literaturgeschichtlich- volkskundliche untersuchung. ([Saalwe], 1922), by Walther Suchier (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Vostochnye motivy v srednevi︠e︡kovom Evropeĭskom ėposie (Tipo-lit. Tovar. I. N. Kushnerev, 1899), by G. N. Potanin (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Die Maifelder Genovesa. (Buchdruckerei von C. Weigt, 1897), by Felix Brüll (page images at HathiTrust)
• La légende du page de Sainte Elisabeth de Portugal et le conte indien des "Bons conseils". (Aux Bureaux de La Revue, 1903), by Emmanuel Georges Cosquin (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Zami︠e︡tki po literaturi︠e︡ i narodnoĭ slovesnosti (M. Gpazunov, 1883), by Alexandr Nikolaevich Veselovskiĭ (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mittelalterliche Volkssagen als Ausdruck religiöspolitischer Kämpfe (Verlagsanstalt und Druckerei A.-G (vormals J.F. Richter), 1898), by Conrad Thuemmel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Das rätsel der sphinx. Grundzüge einer mythengeschichte (W. Hertz, 1987), by Ludwig Laistner (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Der mann aus dem paradiese in der literatur und in volksmunde, eine vergleichende schwankuntersuchung (Suomalaisen tiedeakatemian kustantama, 1915), by Antti Aarne (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Katha sarīt sāgara : or, Ocean of the streams of story (J.W. Thomas, 1880), by 11th cent Somadeva Bhaṭṭa and C. H. Tawney (page images at HathiTrust)
• Katha sarit sagara : Die Märchensammlung des Sri Somadeva Bhatta aus Kaschmir (F. A. Brockhaus ;, 1839), by active 11th century Somadeva Bhaṭṭa (page images at HathiTrust)
• Licht- und Nebelgeister. Ein Beitrag zur Sagen- und Märchenkunde. Beilage zum Programm des Grossh. Gymnasiums zu Baden-Baden für das Schuljahr 1900/1901. (E. Kölblin, 1901), by Karl Amersbach (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Lappische märchen-und sagenvarianten (Suomalainen tiedeakatemia, 1925), by J. Qvigstad (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Der französisch-mittelgriechische ritterroman "Imberios und Margarona" und die gründungssage des Dophniklosters bei Athen (Berlin-Wilmersdorf : Verlag der "Byzantinisch-neugriechischen jahrbücher,", 1924., 1924), by Nikos A. Beēs (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Prachum nithān krathū (Rōngphim Sōphon Phiphatthanāk̨ōn, 1924), by Prince Damrongrāchānuphāp (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Der reiche mann und sein schwiegersohn, vergleichende märchenforschungen (Suomalaisen tiedeakatemian kustantama, 1916), by Antti Aarne (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Sneewittchenstudien (J.C. Hinrichs, 1910), by Ernst Böklen (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Contes populaires de Lorraine comparés avec les contes des autres provinces de France et des pays étrangers (F. Vieweg, 1886), by Emmanuel Cosquin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Étude de folk-lore comparé (Imprimerie F. Simon, 1910), by Emmanuel Cosquin (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Hatim's tales; Kashmiri stories and songs recorded with the assistance of Pandit Govind Kaul,. (J. Murray, 1923), by George Abraham Grierson, William Crooke, Govinda Kaula, Aurel Stein, and Hātim Tilawōñu (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Odyssee und argonautika: untersuchungen zur griechischen sagengeschichte und zum epos (Weidmann, 1921), by Karl Meuli (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Matthew Arnold's Sohrab and Rustum : and other poems (Silver, Burdett, 1900), by Matthew Arnold and Joseph B. Seabury (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Brünhildsage in Russland (Mayer & Müller, g.m.b.h., 1923), by August Arthur von Löwis of Menar (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Three oranges (University of Chicago, 1926), by Elsa Ernestine Schilling (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Kathá Sarit Ságara; or, Ocean of the Streams of Story, by active 11th century Somadeva Bhatta, trans. by C. H. Tawney (Gutenberg ebook)

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