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The ''Encyclopedia of Fairy Tales ''〔The work is generally known in English as the ''Encyclopedia of Fairy Tales'', see, ''e.g.'' , although ''Encyclopedia of the Folktale'' is an alternate translation.〕 (''Enzyklopädie des Märchens'') is a German reference work on international Folkloristics, which runs to fourteen volumes, and is acknowledged as the most comprehensive work in its field. It examines over two centuries of research into the folk narrative tradition. It was begun by Kurt Ranke in the 1960s and was continued by chief editor Rolf Wilhelm Brednich, both of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences (Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen). Like the technical periodical ''Fabula'' it is published by the Walter de Gruyter GmbH publishing house with working premises at the Georg-August University of Göttingen and as a project of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences. The forerunner of this work was the ''Handwörterbuch des deutschen Märchens'' (''Handbook of German Fairy Tales''), of which only two volumes were published.〔The first fascicle of volume 1 was published in 1930. The two completed volumes were: and 〕〔 (article on the making of the ''Enzyklopädie des Märchens'')〕 The first article ''Aarne, Antti Amatus'' appeared in slip in 1975, and the first volume in 1977. By 2014, the final fourteenth volume had been published. In all there are approximately 3900 articles, alphabetically arranged, from over 800 authors from over 60 countries.〔 The ''Encyclopedia of Fairy Tales'' provides an overview in the following areas, as relevant to folk narrative research:〔〔 * Theories and methodologies, * Genre questions, problems of style and structure, issues of context and performance * Important tale-types and motifs * Biographies of scholars, collectors, and authors * National and regional surveys ==Creation and compilation== The project was begun by Kurt Ranke in the early 1960s with a small staff, and the first fascicle appeared in 1975. Ranke was not only the founder but first chief editor of the project; he was succeeded by Rolf Wilhelm Brednich, who completed the project. Other editors included Elfriede Moser-Rath (1963-1987), Max Lüthi (1973-1984), Rudolf Schenda (1973-1992), Lutz Rohrich (1973-2006), and Regina Bendix (2005-2006). Technical editors jncluded Doris Boden, Ulrich Marzolph, Ulrike-Christine Sander, and Christine Shojaei Kawan. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Encyclopedia of Fairy Tales」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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