Isabel Cardigos; Paul Correia; J. J. Dias Marques
Helskinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 2006.

In the old Aarne / Thompson, Portugal was virtually non-existent, appearing in the bibliography of just three folktales. In 2003, the author of The Types of International Folktales stretched his hand to the first manuscript of the Catalogue of Portuguese Folktales and included them in 700 types of his own manuscript. The Catalogue of Portuguese Folktales is now the first regional index that takes into account the classifications of the new ‘ATU’. But it displays its difference by electing its own affinities with old ‘AT’ numbers, with regional catalogues, or even by offering new numbers. We can see a new face of the European folktale emerging, with a strong Mediterranean flavour. FF Communications No. 291 published by the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.

Marjatta Jauhiainen
Helskinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1998.

Lauri Simonsuuri’s Typen- und Motivverzeichnis der finnischen mythischen Sagen (FFC 182), published in 1961 and reprinted in 1987, became a classic among the national legend catalogues. Marjatta Jauhiainen’s work not only updates and brings into English the catalogue, it is a thorough revision and enlargement of the classification system itself. In the introduction she surveys the history of collecting and the progress of belief-legend cataloguing on the international scene providing a concordance with Reidar Th. Christiansen’s The Migratory Legends (FFC 175, 1958/1992). A clarification of key terms, a subject directory and a map displaying tradition areas in Finland help the reader to orientate in the exceptionally rich store of belief legends and memorates. FF Communications No. 267 published by the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.

Satu Apo
Helskinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1995.

Finnish fairy tales represent the northern branch of the Western European fairy-tale tradition. Although Finnish epic folklore and mythology have been objects of great research interest, Finnish fairy tales have been studied surprisingly little. This study answers not only methodological but also the most important empirical questions, such as: what are the themes, plots and characters which have been able to entertain both fairy-tale tellers and their listeners from one generation to the next? How can these contentual elements be understood and interpreted within the framework of traditional Finnish folk culture? /// The methodological issues dealt with here include the question of how to approach traditional folklore material recorded in the 1800s, of which there is an enormous amount but very little accompanying contextual information. In order to analyse the contents of the tales, this study suggests the use of several semantic levels of abstraction as well as the systematic analysis of variation; only then is it feasible to present macrocontextual, interpretive hypotheses in which narrative and cultural structures are examined side by side. FF Communications No. 256 published by the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.

Felix J. Oinas
Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1991.

Comparative study of Finnic and Slavic folklore, examining shared motifs, narrative structures, and cultural exchanges. FF Communications No. 205 published by the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.

Ralph S. Boggs
Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1993.

Classified according to Antti Aarne’s types of the folktale, translated and enlarged by Stith Thompson, in FF Communicatoins No. 74. FF Communications No. 90 published by the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.