Art Quote by Dan Ben-Amos

As a folklorist, I have come to believe that no piece of folklore continues to be transmitted unless it means something - even if…

— Alan Dundes

Folklore is a collection of ridiculous notions held by other people, but not by you and me.

— Margaret Halsey

It is important to recognize that folklore is not simply a way of obtaining available date about identity for social scientists; it is actually…

— Alan Dundes

What I find interesting about folklore is the dialogue it gives us with storytellers from centuries past.

— Terri Windling

In my introductory course, Anthropology 160, the Forms of Folklore, I try to show the students what the major and minor genres of folklore…

— Alan Dundes

“Over the last three centuries our historical reception of folk and fairy tales has been so negatively twisted by aesthetic norms, educational standards and…

— Jack Zipes

Folk tales are the most authentic way of understanding a region, its legend and people.

— Shweta Basu Prasad

The power of both myth and art is this magical ability to open doors, to make connections — not only between us and the…

— Alan Lee

“I see folktales and myths as humankind's first stories. They are a kind of collective dreaming, filled with timeless symbols and images we can…

— Marianna Mayer

Myths are so intimately bound to culture, time, and place that unless the symbols, the metaphors, are kept alive by constant recreation through the…

— Joseph Campbell

Folklore provides a socially sanctioned outlet for the discussion of the forbidden and taboo.

— Alan Dundes

The study of folklore is largely the study of particular folklore genres: myth, folktale, legend, ballad, proverb, riddle, superstition, etc.

— Alan Dundes