Re: Rose Myers posting:
Fairy tale motifs are indeed still in use.  When I worked in a public 
library, we relied on the Index to Fairy Tales, which may not still 
be published but would be worth looking into for your 
purposes.  Along with the standard Stith Thompson system (on which 
the Index was based), the Israel Folk Archives has a motif 
classification scheme.  Some Jewish anthologists and storytellers 
give IFA numbers to the stories in their books.  See Solomon and the 
Ant and Other Jewish Folktales (Boyds Mills Press, 2006). Others who 
sometimes refer to motifs and always cite sources are Howard 
Schwartz, Peninna Schram, and Nina Jaffe.  Look in any of their 
collections for examples and also for models of authoritative 
sourcing of  Jewish folklore.
    Sharon Elswit, the author of THE JEWISH STORY FINDER (McFarland, 
2005) categorizes Jewish folktales according to a typology that I 
believe is of her own devising.  Consult her book; it would also 
probably be helpful if you contacted her.
    Almost all of the stories in Elswit's book are in collections; it 
includes far fewer individual illustrated versions.  The same is true 
for Oberman.  I don't know of any Jewish source that indexes or 
categorizes by motif single illustrated books so you'd be breaking 
new ground.  The ValuesFinder's annotations might be of help.  Do a 
subject search for folklore at www.ajljewishvalues.org.  Contact me 
directly if I can be of more help.  Good luck!
Linda Silver,Editor
Jewish ValuesFinder

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