The Greenwood Encyclopedia of World Folklore and Folklife Available to Purchase

Many books attempt to collect together elements of the folklore and folklife of a culture or gather together a particular element of folklore as witnessed throughout different countries. Any attempt to gather together folklores and customs from around the world is, to say the least, an extraordinarily ambitious project. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of World Folklore and Folklife tackles the challenge admirably.

The four volumes that comprise this set are divided as: Topic and Themes, Africa, Australia and Oceania (volume one); Southeast Asia and India, Central and East Asia, Middle East (volume two); Europe (volume three); and North and South America...