Articles

"Mythic Aetiologies of Loss." In Explaining, Interpreting, and Theorizing Religion and Myth: Contributions in Honor of Robert A. Segal, edited by Nickolas P. Roubekas and Thomas Ryba, 265-281. Supplements to Method & Theory in the Study of Religion. Leiden: Brill, 2020.

"The Early Tradition of the Crow and the Pitcher," Journal of Folklore Research 56 (2019) 27-43.

"Trapping the Intruder: A Narrative Pattern in Homer's Odyssey." In Contexts of Folklore: Festschrift for Dan Ben-Amos on his Eighty-Fifth Birthday, edited by Simon J. Bronner and Wolfgang Mieder, 133-144. International Folkloristics, 13. New York: Peter Lang, 2019.

"Poverty of Cause in Mythic Narrative." In Psycho-Cultural Analysis of Folklore (in Memory of Prof. Alan Dundes), edited by P. Chenna Reddy and M. Sarat Babu, 2:487-494. Delhi, India: B.R. Publishing Corporation, 2018.

Unauthorized publication. An earlier version of an article that in its final form appeared in Folklore 120 (2009) 241-252.

"Myth and One-Dimensionality," Humanities 6, no. 4 (2017) 99. Special Issue of Humanities (online, open-access journal), "The Challenge of Folklore to the Humanities," edited by Dan Ben-Amos.

“Folktale.” In The Oxford Classical Dictionary (digital edition), edited by Sander M. Goldberg. New York: Oxford University Press, February 2017.

“Mythic Gaps.” In Festskrift Synnøve des Bouvrie/Liber Festivus Sunnivae des Bouvrie, special issue of Nordlit: Tidsskrift i Litteratur og Kultur 33 (2014) 65-75.

"Odysseus and the Oar: A Comparative Approach to a Greek Legend." In Approaches to Greek Myth, 2nd edition, edited by Lowell Edmunds, 247-279. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014.

“Packaging Greek Mythology.” In Writing Down the Myths, edited by Joseph Falaky Nagy, 19-43. Cursor Mundi, 17. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 2013.

“On Middle-Range Structures in Heroic Epic.” In The Individual and Tradition: Folkloristic Perspectives, edited by Ray Cashman, Tom Mould, and Pravina Shukla, 287-301. Special Publications of the Folklore Institute, No. 8. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2011.

“King Kroisos Questions Apollon,” Fabula 51 (2010) 178-186.

“Folktale.” In The Homer Encyclopedia, edited by Margalit Finkelberg, 1:291-293. West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.

“Unterwelt.” In Enzyklopädie des Märchens 13:1253-1259. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2010.

“Unverwundbarkeit.” In Enzyklopädie des Märchens 13:1239-1248. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2010.

“Poverty of Cause in Mythological Narrative,” Folklore 120 (2009) 241-252.

“Trojanisches Pferd.” In Enzyklopädie des Märchens 13:954-957. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2009.

“Classical Antiquity.” In The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales, edited by Donald Haase, 1:211-215. Westport, Conn., and London: Greenwood Press, 2008.

“Prometheus and Loki: The Myth of the Fettered God and his Kin,” Classica et Mediaevalia 58 (2007) 65-117.

“Stärkste Dinge (AaTh/ATU 2031, 2031 A-C).” In Enzyklopädie des Märchens, 12:1188-1194. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2007.

“Sisyphus.” In Enzyklopädie des Märchens, 12:757-760. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2007.

“In Memoriam: Alan Dundes, 1934-2005,” Journal of Folklore Research 42 (2005) 245-250.

“Folktales and Romantic Novels,” Classica: Revista Brasileira de Estudos Clássicos 17/18 (2004/05) 281-291.

“Reading Embedded Narration.” In Myth and Symbol II: Symbolic Phenomena in Ancient Greek Culture. Papers from the Norwegian Institute at Athens 7, edited by Synnøve des Bouvrie, 111-121. Bergen: Norwegian Institute at Athens, 2004.

“Cognition and Affect in Oral Narration.” In Myth and Symbol II: Symbolic Phenomena in Ancient Greek Culture. Papers from the Norwegian Institute at Athens 7, edited by Synnøve des Bouvrie, 13-24. Bergen: Norwegian Institute at Athens, 2004.

“Scheinbuße.” In Enzyklopädie des Märchens, 11:1314-1319. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2004.

'“Strategies of Authentication in Ancient Popular Literature.” In The Ancient Novel and Beyond, edited by Stelios Panayotakis, Maaike Zimmerman, and Wytse Keulen, 301-314. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2003.

“Meanings and Boundaries: Reflections on Thompson’s ‘Myth and Folktales’.” In Myth: A New Symposium, edited by Gregory Schrempp and William Hansen, 19-28. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2002.

“The Seer and the Computer: On Philogelos and Modern Jokes,” Classical Bulletin 77 (2001) 87-102.

“Perseus.” In Enzyklopädie des Märchens, 10:755-758. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2001.

“Perry, Ben Edwin.” In Enzyklopädie des Märchens, 10:753-755. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2001.

“Alexander Scobie (1939-2000),” Fabula 42 (2001) 129-131 (co-written with Moira Smith).

“The Winning of Hippodameia,” Transactions of the American Philological Association 130 (2000) 19-40.

“Warren E. Roberts, 1924-1999,” Fabula 41 (2000) 127-129.

“Odysseus.” In Enzyklopädie des Märchens, 10:229-232. Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2000.

“Hamlet.” In Medieval Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Myths, Legends, Tales, Beliefs, and Customs, edited by Carl Lindahl, John McNamara, and John Lindow, 1:457-458. Santa Barbara CA: ABC-CLIO, 2000.

“Foam-Born Aphrodite and the Mythology of Transformation,” American Journal of Philology 121 (2000) 1-19.

“Poetic Justice: The Murder of Mitys of Argos,” FOAFtale News 45 (1999) 4.

“Hamlet” and “Odyssey.” In Encyclopedia of Folklore and Literature, edited by Mary Ellen Brown and Bruce A. Rosenberg, 281-283, 462-464. Santa Barbara CA: ABC-CLIO, 1998.

“Mythology and Folktale Typology: Chronicle of a Failed Scholarly Revolution,” Journal of Folklore Research 34 (1997) 275-280.

“Folklore of the Sea: Carrying an Oar.” FLS News: The Newsletter of the Folklore Society 25 (London, June 1997) 5-6.

“Idealization as a Process in Ancient Greek Story-Formation,” Symbolae Osloenses 72 (1997) 118-123.

“Homer and the Folktale.” In A New Companion to Homer, edited by Ian Morris and B.B. Powell, 442-462. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1997.

“Greek Mythology.” In The New Book of Knowledge (1997 ed.).

“The Protagonist on the Pyre: Herodotean Legend and Modern Folktale,” Fabula 37 (1996) 272-285.

“Abraham and the Grateful Dead Man.” In Folklore Interpreted: Essays in Honor of Alan Dundes, edited by Regina Bendix and Rosemary Lévy Zumwalt, 355-365. New York: Garland Publishing, 1995.

“The Theft of the Thunderweapon: A Greek Myth in its International Context,” Classica et Mediaevalia 46 (1995) 5-24.

“The Stuck Couple in Ancient Greece,” FOAFtale News 36 (1995) 2-3.

“Joseph Eddy Fontenrose.” In Biographical Dictionary of North American Classicists, edited by Ward W. Briggs, Jr., 189-191. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1994.

“Bengt Holbek (1933-1992),” Journal of American Folklore 106 (1993) 184-189.

“The Contextual Study of Classical Mythology,” Arv 46 (1990) 135-139.

“Odysseus and the Oar: A Folkloric Approach.” In Approaches to Greek Myth, edited by Lowell Edmunds, 241-272. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990.

“Contextualizing the Story of Philinnion,” Midwestern Folklore 15 (1989) 101-108.

“Ariadne,” “Atlas,” “Cadmus,” “Castor and Pollux,” “Damon and Pythias,” “Deucalion,” “Hero and Leander,” “Hesperides,” “Labyrinth,” “Minotaur,” and “Theseus.” In The World Book Encyclopedia, 1988 ed.

“Folklore.” In Civilization of the Ancient Mediterranean: Greece and Rome, edited by Michael Grant and Rachel Kitzinger, 2:1121-1130. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1988.

“On the Final /s/ in Folkloristics,” Journal of American Folklore 100 (1987) 305‑307.

“Response to Wolfgang Kullmann,” Critical Exchange 16 (Spring 1984) 27‑31.

“Introductory Note,” Journal of Folklore Research 20 (1983) 97‑99.

“Greek Mythology and the Study of the Ancient Greek Oral Story,” Journal of Folklore Research 20 (1983) 101‑112.

“The Applied Message in Storytelling.” In Folklorica: Festschrift for Felix Oinas, edited by Egle Victoria Žygas and Peter Voorheis, Indiana University Uralic and Altaic Series, 141:99-109. Bloomington 1982.

“An Ancient Greek Ghost Story.” In Folklore on Two Continents: Essays in Honor of Linda Dégh, edited by Nikolai Burlakoff and Carl Lindahl, 71-77. Bloomington: Trickster Press, 1980.

“The Homeric Epics and Oral Poetry.” In The Heroic Epic and Saga, edited by Felix Oinas, 7-26. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1978.

“An Oral Source for the Menaechmi,” Classical World 70 (1977) 385‑390.

“Odysseus' Last Journey,” Quaderni Urbinati di Cultura Classica 24 (1977) 27‑48.

“The Story of the Sailor Who Went Inland.” In Folklore Today: A Festschrift for Richard M. Dorson, edited by Linda Dégh, Henry Glassie, and Felix Oinas, 221-230. Bloomington: Research Center for Language and Semiotic Studies, Indiana University, 1976.

“Three a Third Time,” Classical Journal 71 (1976) 253‑254.

“The Structural Study of Myth, or Oedipus at the Sorbonne,” Folklore Forum 5 (1972) 70‑71.