Edmund Mudrak (27 October 1894 – 12 December 1965) was an Austrian philologist who specialized in Germanic studies.

Biography

Edmund Mudrak was born in

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on 27 October 1894. He studied

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and

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at the

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, gaining his

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there under the supervision of Georg Hüsing with a thesis on Wayland the Smith. Mudrak was a member of the and belonged to the mythological school of Leopold von Schroeder. He was a prominent member of the movement. He worked closely with on the study of German folklore. From 1939 to 1943, Mudrak worked for

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. In 1943 he was appointed Professor of Folklore at . After

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, Mudrak workes as a teacher at the Akademisches Gymnasium in Vienna, and as a consultant at the

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. Since 1965 he was together with

Karl Tekusch Karl Tekusch (7 July 1890 – 28 December 1977) was an Austrian footballer. In line-ups often listed as "Tekusch II", he played in 15 matches for the Austria national football team from 1908 to 1918. He was also part of Austria's squad for t ...

Deputy Chairman of the Muttersprache society in Vienna. Mudrak published a number of works on

Germanic folklore Proto-Germanic folklore is the folklore of the speakers of Proto-Germanic and includes topics such as the Germanic mythology, legendry, and folk beliefs of early Germanic culture. By way of the comparative method, Germanic philologists, a variety ...

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and

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, which have been published in numerous editions up to the present day. He died in Vienna on 12 December 1965.

Selected works

*Mudrak, Edmund (1938). „Die Aufgaben der Volkskunde als einer lebendigen Wissenschaft“. In: Spieß, Karl von & Mudrak, Edmund. ''Deutsche Volkskunde als politische Wissenschaft. Zwei Aufsätze mit einem vollständigen Verlagsverzeichnis für 1923-1938 als Anhang''. Berlin: Stubenrauch. S. 3–11. *Mudrak, Edmund (Hg.) (2003). ''Sagen der Germanen''. 23. Auflage. Eningen: Ensslin. *Mudrak, Edmund (Hg.) (2009a). ''Deutsche Heldensagen''. 36. Auflage. Hamburg: Nikol. *Mudrak, Edmund (Hg.) (2009b). ''Nordische Götter- und Heldensagen''. 28. Auflage. Hamburg: Nikol. *Mudrak, Edmund (1943). „Sagen der Technik“. Hegel & Schade. *Mudrak, Edmund & Spieß, Karl von & Sladky, Herta (Hg.) (1944). ''Hausbuch deutscher Märchen''. Berlin: Stubenrauh.

Sources

*Bockhorn, Olaf (1994). „Von Ritualen, Mythen und Lebenskreisen: Volkskunde im Umfeld der Universität Wien“. In: Jacobeit, Wolfgang & Lixfeld, Hannjost (Hg.). ''Völkische Wissenschaft. Gestalten und Tendenzen der deutschen und österreichischen Volkskunde in der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts.'' Wien / Köln / Weimar: Böhlau. S. 477–526. *Mehl, Erwin (1966) „Unserem zweiten Obmanne, Univ.-Prof. i. R. Dr. Edmund Mudrak, zum Gedenken“. Nachruf. In: ''Wiener Sprachblätter'' 16/1. S. 1. * Pfalzgraf, Falco (2016). „Karl von Spieß, mit einem Exkurs zu Edmund Mudrak“. In: Pfalzgraf, Falco. ''Karl Tekusch als Sprachpfleger. Seine Rolle in Wiener Sprachvereinen des 20. Jahrhunderts''. Bremen: Hempen. (Greifswalder Beiträge zur Linguistik 10.) S. 44–47. *Popa, Klaus (2010). „Mudrak Edmund (1894-1965)“. In: Popa, Klaus (Hg.). ''Völkisches Handbuch Südosteuropa''. S. 67–68. 1894 births 1970 deaths Austrian philologists German folklorists Germanic studies scholars Archaeologists from Vienna University of Vienna alumni Writers on Germanic paganism 20th-century philologists {{Austria-linguist-stub

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