Stith Thompson

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Why Is Stith Thompson Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Stith Thompson was an American folklorist: he has been described as "America's most important folklorist". He is the "Thompson" of the Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index, which indexes folktaless by type, and the author of the Motif-Index of Folk-Literature, a resource for folklorists that indexes motifs, granular elements of folklore.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Stith Thompson?

Stith Thompson is affiliated with the following schools:

• University of California, Berkeley
• University of Texas at Austin
• Harvard University