Research Guides
Folklore & Mythology: E-Journals
Folkloristics, the study of Folklore, is the study of human expressive culture, and includes myths, legends, folk- and fairy-tales, jokes, proverbs, jump-rope rhymes, material culture, and much more.
E-Journal Starting Points
Below is a set of e-journals – that is, scholarly journals available on the internet – that may be of use to you as you continue exploring Folklore and Mythology. Browsing through the titles and the journals can be a good way to move forward with your research.
- California Folklore Quarterly
- Ethnologie francaise
- Ethnologies
- FF network for the Folklore Fellows
- Folk-lore Journal (London, England)
- Folklore (London, England)
- Folklore (Tartu, Estonia)
- Folklore and Music Archivist
- Folklore Forum
- Folklorica
- Indian Folklife: A Quarterly Newsletter from National Folklore Support
- Indian Folklore Research Journal
- Journal of American Folklore
- Journal of Folklore Research (Indiana University, Folklore Institute)
- Journal of Germanic Mythology and Folklore
- Journal of the Folklore Institute (Online; The Hague, Netherlands)
- Le Mois d'ethnographie Francaise; Bulletin de la Societe d'ethnographie Francaise
- Mitológicas
- Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft Fur Juedische Volkskunde
- Mitteilungen zur Juedischen Volkskunde (Berlin, Germany)
- Mythological Studies Journal
- Nouvelle Revue Des Traditions Populaires le Folklore Vivant
- Play and Folklore
- Western Folklore
- Zeitschrift Fuer Ethnologie
Boto
The "pink dolphin", Boto, is feared by the indigenous people of the Amazon basin as a mysterious spirit of the water.