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Marian Roalfe Cox
Marian Roalfe Cox (1860–1916) was an English folklorist who pioneered studies in Morphology for the fairy tale ''Cinderella''. In 1893, after being commissioned by the Folklore Society of Britain, she produced ''Cinderella: Three Hundred and Forty-Five Variants of Cinderella, Catskin and, Cap O' Rushes, Abstracted and Tabulated with a Discussion of Medieval Analogues and Notes'', a seminal work in the study of Cinderella, introduced by Andrew Lang.If The Shoe Fits: Folklorists' criteria for #510
Prior to anthologization and folklore indices, she identified five broad types: *A – Ill-treated heroine. Recognition by means of a shoe. Among the examples included:

Morphology (folkloristics)
Morphology, broadly, is the study of form or structure. Folkloristic morphology, then, is the study of the structure of folklore and fairy tales. Some pioneering work in this field was begun in the nineteenth century, such as Marian Roalfe Cox's work on Cinderella, ''Cinderella: Three Hundred and Forty-Five Variants of Cinderella, Catskin and, Cap O' Rushes, Abstracted and Tabulated with a Discussion of Medieval Analogues and Notes''.If The Shoe Fits: Folklorists' criteria for #510
However, folkloristic morphology took on much more form in the twentieth century, driven by the work of two researchers and theorists: Russian scholar and Finnish folk ...
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Women Folklorists
A woman is an adult female human. Prior to adulthood, a female human is referred to as a girl (a female child or adolescent). The plural ''women'' is sometimes used in certain phrases such as "women's rights" to denote female humans regardless of age. Typically, women inherit a pair of X chromosomes, one from each parent, and are capable of pregnancy and giving birth from puberty until menopause. More generally, sex differentiation of the female fetus is governed by the lack of a present, or functioning, SRY-gene on either one of the respective sex chromosomes. Female anatomy is distinguished from male anatomy by the female reproductive system, which includes the ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, vagina, and vulva. A fully developed woman generally has a wider pelvis, broader hips, and larger breasts than an adult man. Women have significantly less facial and other body hair, have a higher body fat composition, and are on average shorter and less muscular than men. Thro ...
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English Folklorists
English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national identity, an identity and common culture ** English language in England, a variant of the English language spoken in England * English languages (other) * English studies, the study of English language and literature * ''English'', an Amish term for non-Amish, regardless of ethnicity Individuals * English (surname), a list of notable people with the surname ''English'' * People with the given name ** English McConnell (1882–1928), Irish footballer ** English Fisher (1928–2011), American boxing coach ** English Gardner (b. 1992), American track and field sprinter Places United States * English, Indiana, a town * English, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * English, Brazoria County, Texas, an unincorporated community * ...
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Charlotte Sophia Burne
Charlotte Sophia Burne (Shropshire, 1850–1923) was an English author and editor, and the first woman to become president of the Folklore Society. Life Charlotte Sophia Burne was born on 2 May 1850 at Moreton vicarage in Staffordshire, near to the border with Shropshire, the first of Charlotte and Sambrooke Burne's six children. Her parents had arrived the day before, after leaving Loynton Hall on an ancestral estate in Staffordshire, as the guests of the reverend Tom Burne. The family moved to Summerhill, Edgmond, Shropshire in 1854, having exhausted their welcome. Her father received debilitating injuries in a hunting accident several years later, causing to the family to move as the burden of his care was shared amongst the extended Burne family. She was sent to Loynton Hall for holidays, which was now occupied by mainly unmarried aunts who reported she was undisciplined. Lotty, as she was called, suffered several serious illnesses during her early years, conditions of ill hea ...
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The Glass Mountain (fairy Tale)
The Glass Mountain or Glass Mountain may refer to: Mountains in the United States *Glass Mountain (California) * Glass Mountain (Siskiyou County, California) * Glass Mountain (Utah) *Glass Mountains, a mountain range in Oklahoma, U.S. *Glass Mountains, a mountain range in Brewster and Pecos Counties, Texas, U.S. Entertainment * The Glass Mountain (fairy tale), a Polish fairy tale * The Glass Mountain (short story), a short story by Donald Barthelme, inspired by the Polish fairy tale * ''The Glass Mountain'' (1949 film), a British film with a famous theme by Nino Rota * ''The Glass Mountain'' (1953 film), a Swedish film directed by Gustaf Molander * "The Glass Mountain" (pulp), is the 6th pulp magazine story to feature The Avenger * ''The Glass Mountain'' (novel), a 2002 novel by Jessica Rydill *''Glass Mountain'', a 1991 novel by Cynthia Voigt * ''Glass Mountain'' (album), by the rock band Roadstar *Glass Mountain ("Glasberg" in the original German), a mythical location in ...
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The Little Bull-Calf
The Little Bull-Calf is an English Romani fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs in ''More English Fairy Tales''.Joseph Jacobs, ''More English Fairy Tales''. "The Little Bull-Calf" Marian Roalfe Cox, in her pioneering study of ''Cinderella'', identified it as a "hero" type, featuring a male hero instead of the usual heroine. Source The tale was collected by Irish linguist John Sampson from a Romani man named Gray, who named his tale ''De Little Bull-Calf'', and published in the '' Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society''. Francis Hindes Groome republished the tale and sourced it from an English-Romani teller. In another article from the ''Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society'', T. W. Thompson indicated that Sampson's informant was a man named Johnny Gray, from a Romani family surnamed Gray. Synopsis A little boy was given a little bull-calf by his father. His father died, and his mother remarried. His stepfather was cruel to him and threatened to kill the calf. An old man adv ...
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Tattercoats
"Tattercoats" is an English fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs in his ''More English Fairy Tales''. It is Aarne–Thompson type 510B, the persecuted heroine. Others of this type include " Cap O' Rushes", "Catskin", " Little Cat Skin", "Allerleirauh", " The King who Wished to Marry His Daughter", "The She-Bear", "Donkeyskin", "Mossycoat", " The Princess That Wore A Rabbit-Skin Dress", and " The Bear". Synopsis A great lord had no living relatives except a little granddaughter, and because her mother, his daughter, had died in childbirth, he swore that he would never look at her. He sat in his castle and mourned his dead daughter. The granddaughter grew up quite neglected, and was called "Tattercoats" for her ragged clothing. She spent her days in the fields with only a gooseherd for her companion. Her grandfather was invited to a royal ball. He had his hair sheared off, for it had bound him to his chair, and made preparations to go. Tattercoats's old nurse begged him to ...
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The Bear (fairy Tale)
The Bear is a fairy tale collected by Andrew Lang in '' The Grey Fairy Book''. It is Aarne-Thompson classification system type 510B, unnatural love. Others of this type include Cap O' Rushes, Catskin, Little Cat Skin, Allerleirauh, The King who Wished to Marry His Daughter, The She-Bear, Tattercoats, Mossycoat, The Princess That Wore A Rabbit-Skin Dress, and Donkeyskin, or the legend of Saint Dymphna.Heidi Anne Heiner,Tales Similar to DonkeyskinMaria Tatar, p 213, ''The Annotated Classic Fairy Tales'', Synopsis A king loved his daughter so much that he kept her in her rooms for fear harm would come to her. She complained to her nurse; unbeknownst to her, the nurse was a witch. She told her to get a wheelbarrow and a bearskin from the king. The king gave them to her, the nurse enchanted them, and when the princess put on the skin, it disguised her, and when she got into the wheelbarrow, it took her wherever she wanted to go. She had it take her to a forest. A prince hunted ...
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One-Eye, Two-Eyes, And Three-Eyes
"One-Eye, Two-Eyes, and Three-Eyes" is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 130. Andrew Lang included it, as "Little One-eye, Little Two-eyes, and Little Three-eyes", in ''The Green Fairy Book''. It is Aarne-Thompson type 511. It is an anomalous fairy tale, in that the protagonist is neither the youngest nor an only child, but the middle of three. Synopsis A woman had three daughters: The eldest only had single eye in the middle of her forehead, the second was common like ordinary people, the third was also common; but, she has two eyes on the sides of her head and a third in the middle of her forehead because she has three eyes. Her mother and sisters scorned Little Two Eyes because she was like other people and treated her badly, leaving her only their leftovers to eat. One day Little Two Eyes was sent to the field to tend to the goat, she sat down and cried as she had been given so little to eat and when she looked up a woman was standing besi ...
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The Goose-Girl At The Well
"The Goose-Girl at the Well" (German: ''Die Gänsehirtin am Brunnen'') is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm (KHM 179). It is Aarne-Thompson type 923 ('Love Like Salt'). Synopsis An old woman raised geese in the mountains. One day, speaking of her heavy burden, she persuaded a count to carry it for her up the mountain. He found it burdensome, but she would not let him even rest. When they arrived at the hut, there was an ugly girl tending the old woman's geese, but the old woman would not let them stay together, lest "he may fall in love with her". Before the old woman sent the count away, she gave him a box cut out of an emerald as thanks for carrying her burden. The count wandered the woods for three days before he arrived at a town where a king and queen reigned. He showed them the box. When the queen saw the box, she collapsed as if dead, and the count was led to a dungeon and kept there. When the queen woke, she insisted on speaking with him. She tol ...
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