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Nederlandse Volksverhalenbank. Aarne–Thompson classification system. The Aarne–Thompson tale type index is a multivolume listing designed to help folklorists identify recurring plot patterns in the narrative structures of traditional folktales, so that folklorists can organize, classify, and analyze the folktales they research. First developed by Antti Aarne (1867–1925) and published as Verzeichnis der Märchentypen in 1910, the tale type index was later translated, revised, and enlarged by Stith Thompson (1885–1976) in 1928 and again in 1961.[1] The Aarne–Thompson tale type index organizes folktales into broad categories like Animal Tales, Fairy Tales, Religious Tales, etc.

Within each category, folktale types are further subdivided by motif patterns until individual types are listed. Use in folkloristics[edit] According to D. L. Ashliman, "The Aarne–Thompson system catalogues some 2500 basic plots from which, for countless generations, European and Near Eastern storytellers have built their tales".[2] Organizing folktale types[edit] Hans-Jörg Uther[edit] Liste typologique de contes. Liste typologique Classification Aarne-Thompson-Üther – des contes populaires de la Collection – Merveilleux des éditions Corti Afin de faciliter le travail des chercheurs et de satisfaire les curieux, voici la liste des contes-types que l’on peut trouver dans les recueils de collectes de contes de la collection Merveilleux des éditions Corti.

Cette liste est conforme à la classification internationale de Anti Aarne et Stith Thompson, The Types of the folktales, Helsinki, 1973, (liste dite AT) révisée, dans sa troisième édition par Hans-Jörg Üther (ATU) en 2000. Le titre du conte-type est celui choisi par les deux folkloristes ou celui donné par Paul Delarue et Marie-Louise Tenèze dans leur catalogue raisonné de toutes les variantes françaises des contes : Le Conte populaire français, Maisonneuve et Larose, 1997.

List of fairy tales. A modern definition of the fairy tale, as provided by Jens Tismar's monologue in German, is a story that differs "from an oral folk tale"; is written by "a single identifiable author"; can be characterised as "simple and anonymous"; and exists in a mutable and difficult to define genre with a close relationship to folktales.[1] Jump up ^ Zipes, xvJump up ^ Laura Gibbs (July 12, 2003).

"Don Giovanni de la Fortuna". Mythfolklore.net. Retrieved 26 September 2010. Liste von Märchen.