Folklore of India
Sources of Information on Indian scenario
(See also: Anthropology; Literature; Religion)
 
Background | Cultural
glossary
Current Information | Books and Journal Titles
Quick Facts | People and
Organizations | Opinions | Further
Research
Background
Information
(General and Subject Encyclopedias)
Theoretical
Essays in Indian Folklore (2000)
By Jawaharlal Handoo (Zooni Publications, Mysore),
includes essays in meaning, concept, and universal elements in Indian folklore and folk-musical practices,
patterns, and beliefs.
Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the
Deccan (1891)
By C.R. Day (Adam and Charles, London) giving
information on musical practices, patterns, beliefs, songs, tales, and
accompaniments of Dravidian courts and cultures.
Folk Theatre
of India (1966)
By Balwant Gargi, a noted modern playright himself
(Univ of Washington Press) giving information on theatrical practices,
patterns, beliefs, tales, and performances in India.
Essays in
Indian Folklore (1973)
Edited by L.P. Vidyarthi (Indian Publications,
Calcutta) giving information on Indian folk-life and lore through a series of
essays by reknowned persons..
The Book of Gods, Goddesses, Heroes, and Other
Characters of Mythology [WWW]
A detailed
catalogue of information on mythological characters and myths from around the
world and associated folklore, with cross-listing and links to other Internet
sites, and a bibliography of resources.
Britannica.com [WWW]
Concise as well as scholarly
articles, books, and recommended sites on a wide range of related subjects.
Columbia
Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition [WWW]
Contains a huge
number of full text articles on a wide range of topics, including
biographies, maps, and more than 80,000 hypertext cross-references to link up
to necessary information.
The
Encyclopedia Mythica [WWW]
Full text
encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, legends from the Chinese, Greek,
Haitian, Indian, Japanese, Native American, Norse, Persian, Roman and other
cultures.
Other General Resources:
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Cultural
Glossaries
(including Dictionaries, Thesauri, Proverbs Books)
Five hundred
instructive Tamil Proverbs with their English equivalents (1907)
By Venkataswami
Aiyar including Tamil language words, with descriptions, pronunciation,
meaning range, and usage.
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable [WWW]
Scholarly
dictionary, searchable by word or browsed alphabetically for thousands of
people, events, stories, and items from mythology.
A Collection
of Telugu and Sanskrit Proverbs (1886)
By M.W. Carr which includesboth Sanskritic and
Dravidian language expressions with their usage.
See Dictionaries, Thesauri, Quotations for All Subjects.
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Textual Studies
(including real life cultural/folkloristic texts with
interpretations)
Kota Texts
(1944-46)
By M.B. Emeneau
including folklore of a minor Dravidian language with descriptions,
pronunciation, and usage.
Toda through thirty-five Years (1938)
By M.B.
Emeneau including field notes of
fables and folklores of the Nilgiri tribals with descriptions and
translation..
Old Deccan
Days or Hindu Fairy Legends current in Southern India Collected from Oral
Traditions (1881)
By Mary E. Isabella Frere (J.Murray & Co.,
London) giving Sanskritic and Dravidian oral texts with analysis.
The
Mahabharata in the Tribal and Folk Traditions of India (1993)
Edited by K.S. Singh (IIAS, Shimla and ASI, Calcutta)
giving the variations of the well-known Sanskrit epic as reflected in
folklore and folk-lives with analysis made by different scholars.
Structural Analysis of Kashmiri
Folk-tales (1994)
By
Lalita Handoo (CIIL, Mysore) giving both sample texts and detailed
folkloristic analysis.
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Current
Information
(Publications which report current interpretation, provide info
and Identify Magazines & Journals)
A Bibliography of Indian Folk
Literature (1971)
Edited and compiled by Jawaharlal Handoo (CIIL, Mysore) A comprehensive
index to a large number of journal
articals and reviews, books, dissertations, and proceedings on folklore
Gender, Genre
and Power in South Asian Expressive Traditions (1991)
By Arjun
Appadurai, Frank Korom, and Margaret Mills; Upenn Press, Philadelphia.
Includes essays in cultural studies, cultural anthropology, archaeology,
ethnology, and linguistics with also surveys of other works published in
English and other Indian and European languages on this subject.
Folklore [WWW]
Quarterly,
scholarly full-text e-journal that contains studies of mythology, folklore,
ethnomusicology, etc.
Aryan and Non-Aryan in India (1979)
By Madhav Deshpande and Peter
Hook; The University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor. It summarizes and
interprets events in cultural
history, archaeology, classics, folklore, history, language, literature, fine
arts and performing arts, philosophy, political history, religion, and more.
MLA International Bibliography
Comprehensive
index to 3,000 journals, books dissertations, and proceedings on topics such
as folklore, linguistics, literature, and modern languages.
The Three Twins: The Telling of a South
Indian Folk Epic (1982)
Indexes and
abstracts over 2.5 million articles from American newspapers, including full
text articles from 1989 from the New York Times, Atlanta
Constitution, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Christian
Science Monitor, Houston Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, Wall
Street Journal, and the Washington Post.
Periodical Abstracts
Citations and
abstracts from 1,600 general interest periodicals.
Other General Resources:
See Indexes to Identify Magazine, Journal, Newspaper
Articles for All Subjects.
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Journals &
Working Papers
Journal of Indian Folkloristics
Ed. Jawaharlal
Handoo(Contact: Zooni Publ, 1103 C-D Bl, Kuvempunagar, Mysore 570023, India),
or CIIL library.
Man in India
Ed. Xxxxx (Contact: xxxxxxx), or CIIL
library.
International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics
Ed. Xxxxx (Contact: xxxxxxx), or CIIL
library.
PICL Journal of Dravidian Studies
Ed. Xxxxx (Contact: xxxxxxx), or CIIL
library.
International Journal of Asian Studies
Ed. Xxxxx (Contact: xxxxxxx), or CIIL
library.
Bulletin of the Asiatic Society of Bengal
Ed. Xxxxx (Contact: xxxxxxx), or CIIL
library.
Asian Folklore Studies
Ed. Xxxxx (Contact: xxxxxxx), or CIIL
library.
Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies
Ed. Xxxxx (Contact: xxxxxxx), or CIIL
library.
Indian Antiquary
Ed. Xxxxx (Contact: xxxxxxx), or CIIL
library.
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and Journal Titles for All Subjects.
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Quick Facts
(Almanacs, Atlases, Statistics Sources)
Infoplease.com [WWW]
Vast resource of
full-text information, statistics, and articles from almanacs, dictionaries,
and encyclopedias on the world, sports, entertainment, U.S., people,
business, living, society, science, and technology.
A Matter of Fact [OhioLINK
users only]
In-depth
statistics, charts, essays, tables and abstracts from newspapers, periodicals
and the Congressional Record on current news and issues.
Statistical Information in OhioLINK Databases [OhioLINK users only]
Links to general
and subject-specific online OhioLINK databases and help on how to search
these resources for statistical information.
Other General Resources:
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People and
Organizations
(Biographical Sources, Directories)
Associations Unlimited [OhioLINK users only]
Contains
descriptions and information for over 80,000 associations worldwide,
including national, international, regional, state and local associations.
Biographical Information in OhioLINK Databases [OhioLINK users only]
Links to general
and subject-specific online OhioLINK databases and help on how to search
these resources for biographical information.
Biography and Genealogy Master Index [OSU users only]
Indexes
dictionaries and directories for basic data such as birth dates, education.
and addresses of over 5.5 million people, as well as some sources for
extensive essays.
Biography.com [WWW]
Read first
chapters and reviews of current best-selling biographies, or search an online
database of 15,000 short biographical entries drawn from the Cambridge
Biographical Encyclopedia, access the A&E and Biography Channel
television program guides.
Company Information in OhioLINK Databases [OhioLINK users only]
Links to general
and subject-specific online OhioLINK databases and help on how to search
these resources for information on a wide variety of companies.
Other General Resources:
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Opinions
(Reviews, Editorials)
Book Review Digest [OhioLINK users only]
Online index to
reviews for fiction and non-fiction published in the United States, including
excerpts from reviews.
Book Reviews in OhioLINK Databases [OhioLINK users only]
Links to general
and subject-specific online OhioLINK databases and help on how to search
these resources for book reviews.
Editorials on File
Contains
reprints of editorials on important national and international news topics
selected from a variety of U.S. newspapers.
Opinion-Pages [WWW]
Full Text
editorial, opinion, and comment pages from English newspapers around the
world, searchable by keyword, geographic region, or subject including
political and general, business and finance, technology, sports, health, and
arts and leisure.
Other General Resources:
See Reviews, Editorials for All Subjects.
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Further Research
(Bibliographies, Research Guides, Other WWW Resources)
American
Folklife Center: Ethnographic Studies [WWW]
Library of
Congress page provides links to anthropology, ethnomusicology, folklore,
folklife resources sites, journals, grant information, and to archives and
archival collections.
Ancient
World Web [WWW]
Covers art,
architecture, archaeology, history, culture, language, law, social
organization.
Classical Mythology Online [WWW]
Companion site
to Morford and Lenardon's Mythology, this offers information on
classical mythology, including extensive glossaries of characters, words and
phrases; maps; an online archive or relevant articles; and many links to
related Internet sites.
Folklore
and Mythology Electronic Texts [WWW]
Full text folk
tales, legends, and stories from many cultures translated into English with
links to other relevant sites, including sites with non-English texts.
Legends [WWW]
Guided access to
primary source material and up-to-date scholarship, reviews, essays,
historical surveys, commentary, and more on Robin Hood, King Arthur, pirates,
fairy tales, sages, etc., with links to other sites as well.
Mythology
on the Web [WWW]
Organizes
mythological stories (and information about these stories) including African,
Arthurian, British/Celtic, classical, creatures, Egyptian, Far Eastern,
Hindu, Native American, Scandinavian, and more.
Stories
and Fairy Tales Theme Pages [WWW]
Provides links
to full text stories organized by author and country, origins of literary
fairy tales, folklore and mythology electronic texts, harp dreams, creation
myths, Sufi stories, storytelling sites, Zen stories, and teacher resources.
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