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I found the book you mentioned – the editor's name is actually Richard M. Dorson. But folktales aren't "oral history" and cannot generally be treated as such. In chapter 1, the editor compares his collection with those made by the
Brothers Grimm. But nobody believes Grimm tales to be literally true, which is why
Hansel and Gretel and similar folktales don't show up in this List of incidents. And neither should stuff from Dorson's collection. --
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References
^"American Negro Folktales" by
Richard Dodson in No 161 "The Man Who Sold His Wife For Beef" (Told by Mary Richardson and James Douglas Suggs) pp.293-294
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I found the book you mentioned – the editor's name is actually Richard M. Dorson. But folktales aren't "oral history" and cannot generally be treated as such. In chapter 1, the editor compares his collection with those made by the
Brothers Grimm. But nobody believes Grimm tales to be literally true, which is why
Hansel and Gretel and similar folktales don't show up in this List of incidents. And neither should stuff from Dorson's collection. --
Gawaon (
talk)
17:27, 29 August 2023 (UTC)reply
References
^"American Negro Folktales" by
Richard Dodson in No 161 "The Man Who Sold His Wife For Beef" (Told by Mary Richardson and James Douglas Suggs) pp.293-294