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Folkloristics is the formal academic study of folklore such as fairy tales and mythology in oral or non-literary traditions. It makes use of such methods as the Aarne-Thompson classification system or the morphology devised for Russian tales by Vladimir Propp.

Scholars specializing in folkloristics are known as folklorists. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, they were often called "antiquarians." Those who specialize in the study of myth are called "mythologists". Some scholars include:

• Aarne, Antti (1961), The Types of the Folktale: A Classification and Bibliography. ed. S. Thompson, Academia Scientiarum Fennica, Helsinki
• Azzolina, David S. (1987), Tale Type- and Motif- Indexes: An Annotated Bibliography. New York
• Ben-Amos, Dan (1976), Folklore Genres Austin
• Bendix, Regina (1988), In Search of Authenticity: The Formation of Folklore Studies. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press.
• Bennett, Gillian, and Paul Smith (1993), Contemporary Legend: A Folklore Bibliography. New York
• Brednich, Rolf W. et al (2000)., Enzyklopädie des Märchens: Handwörterbuch zur historischen und vergleichenden Erzählforschung. Verlag Walter de Gruyter, Berlin - New York
• Bronner, Simon J. (1986), American Folklore Studies: An Intellectual History. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas.
• Bronner, Simon J. (1988), American Children's Folklore. Little Rock: August House
• Bronner, Simon J. (1998), Following Tradition: Folklore in the Discourse of American Culture. Logan: Utah State University Press.
• Bronner, Simon J. (2002), Folk Nation: Folklore in the Creation of American Tradition. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.
• Bronner, Simon J., ed. (2006), Encyclopedia of American Folklife, 4 vols. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe.
• Bronner, Simon J., ed. (2007), The Meaning of Folklore: The Analytical Essays of Alan Dundes. Logan: Utah State University Press.
• Brunvand, Jan Harold, ed. (1996), American Folklore: An Encyclopedia. Taylor & Francis.
• Brunvand, Jan Harold (1997), The Study of American Folklore. 4th ed. New York
• Carvalho-Neto, Paulo (1971), The Concept of Folklore. Coral Gables
• Child, Francis J. (1962), The English and Scottish Popular Ballads. New York
• Christiansen, Reidar (1958), The Migratory Legends, Folklore Fellows Communication #175, Helsinki
• Cocchiara, Giuseppe (1981), The History of Folklore in Europe. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
• Degh, Linda (1969), Folktales and Society: Storytelling in a Hungarian Peasant Community. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
• Dorson, Richard (1959), American Folklore. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
• Dorson, Richard (1972), Folklore: Selected Essays. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
• Dorson, Richard, ed. (1983), Handbook of American Folklore. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
• Dundes, Alan, ed. (1965), The Study of Folklore. Prentice-Hall.
• Dundes, Alan (1975), Analytic Essays in Folklore. The Hague
• Dundes, Alan (1980), Interpreting Folklore. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
• Dundes, Alan (1973), Wother Wit from the Laughing Barrel: Readings in the Interpretation of Afro-American Folklore" Englewood Cliffs
• Dundes, Alan (1984), Sacred Narrative: Readings in the Theory of Myth. Berkeley
• Dundes, Alan, ed. (1999), International Folkloristics. Rowman & Littlefield.
• Feintuch, Burt, ed. (2003), Eight Words for the Study of Expressive Culture. University of Illinois Press.
• Finnegan, Ruth (1970), Oral Literature in Africa. Oxford
• Glassie, Henry (1982), Passing the Time in Ballymenone. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
• Goldstein, Kenneth (1964), A Guide for Field Workers in Folklore. Hatboro, Pennsylvania: Folklore Associates.
• Hiatt, L.R., ed, (1975), Australian Aboriginal Mythology. Canberra
• Holbek, Bengt (1987), Interpretation of Fairy Tales, Folklore Fellows Communication #239, Helsinki.
• Hung, Chang-tai (1985), Going to the People: Chinese Intellectuals and Folk Literature 1918-1937, Harvard East Asian Monographs 121, Cambridge
• Krohn, Kaarle (1971), Folklore Methodology. Austin: University of Texas Press.
• Lord, Albert (1960), The Singer of Tales. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.
• Mieder, Wolfgang (1982), International Proverb Scholarship. New York
• Mieder, Wolfgang (2004), Proverbs: A Handbook. Westport
• Propp, Vladimir (1968), Morphology of the Folktale. Austin
• Rank, Otto (1959), The Myth of the Birth of the Hero. New York
• Schlereth, Thomas J., ed. (1985), Material Culture: A Research Guide. Lawrence
• Scott, Charles T. (1965), "Persian and Arabic Riddles: A Language-Centered Approach to Genre Definition," International Journal of American Linguistics, Part II
• Taylor, Archer (1972), Comparative Studies in Folklore: Asia-Europe-America. Taiwan
• Thompson, Stith (1946). The Folktale. New York: The Dryden Press.
• Toelken, Barre (1979). The Dynamics of Folklore. Houghton-Mifflin.
• Voigt, Vilmos (1999), Suggestions Towards a Theory of Folklore. Budapest
• Zumwalt, Rosemary Levy (1988), American Folklore Scholarship: A Dialogue of Dissent. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.

• American Folklore Society
• Western States Folklore Society
• Folklore Studies Association of Canada
• Indiana University's Folklore Program
• UC Berkeley's Folklore Program
• Memorial University of Newfoundland's Folklore Program
• Western Kentucky's Folklore Program
• Utah State's Folklore Program
• University of Oregon's Folklore Program
• Kansas Folklore Society
• UNC's Folklore Program
• UCLA's World Arts and Cultures Program
• Florida Folklife Program
• Interviews with several American folklorists