Folktales and Reality

by Lutz Röhrich, Peter Tokofsky (Translator)

"Peter Tokofsky has provided English readers with a superb translation of one of the most important books on folktales." -- Wolfgang Mieder

This classic work, first published in 1956, is now available in English. Along with Lüthi's The European Folktale and Propp's The Morphology of the Folktale, Röhrich's Märchen und Wirklichkeit is considered a key text in folklore scholarship.

320 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1989

About the author

Lutz Röhrich (1922-2006) was a German folklorist and narratologist.