Scholars specializing in folkloristics are known as or ''' Mythologists '''. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, they were often called "antiquarians." 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 (1988), ''American Children's Folklore.'' Little Rock
- 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.
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