Women Collectors of Folktales

Women Collectors of Folktales Monday, October 30, 2023 Most collectors of Pontic folktales were men. Here are the only women collectors whose work appears under their own names that I have identified to date:<o:p></o:p>Fostiropoulou, Despoina <o:p></o:p><ul style="list-style-type:disc;"><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in;"><u1:p></u1:p>ATU 425C as “Shihouna” (1939)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in;"><u1:p></u1:p>ATU 450 + 403 + 1373B* as “Giannits and Maritsa” (1938)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in;"><u1:p></u1:p>ATU 460B as “The Undying Sun” (1938)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in;"><u1:p></u1:p>ATU 510A + 707 as “Cinderella Maritsa” (1938) <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in;"><u1:p></u1:p>ATU 750* as “The Almsgiving Bride” (1939)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in;"><u1:p></u1:p>ATU 875 + 891 as “The Clever Girl Who Became Queen” (1939)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in;"><u1:p></u1:p>ATU 883A as “The Scaldhead and the Embezzler” (1939)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in;"><u1:p></u1:p>AT 903C as “Kyrlovits” (1938)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in;"><u1:p></u1:p>ATU 1384 + 1295A* + 1288 as “Everyone is Crazy” (1939)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in;"><u1:p></u1:p>El-Shamy 1618A as “The Flattened Rings” (1939)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in;"><u1:p></u1:p>Plus twelve anecdotes and two traditions<o:p></o:p></li></ul><u1:p></u1:p>Karamanli, Eftyhia <o:p></o:p><ul style="list-style-type:disc;"><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in;">ATU 325 as “The Moor's Apprentice” (1958)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in;">ATU 514 as “The Girl Who Tricked the Ogre” (1958)<o:p></o:p></li></ul>Konstantinidou, Despoina <o:p></o:p><ul style="list-style-type:disc;"><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in;">ATU 122 as “The Fox That Confessed” (1937)<o:p></o:p></li></ul>Koutalakidou, Hrysoula <o:p></o:p><ul style="list-style-type:disc;"><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in;">ATU 402 “The Animal Bride” (1959)<o:p></o:p></li></ul>Neofytidou, Anna <o:p></o:p><ul style="list-style-type:disc;"><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in;">ATU 1848A as “The Priest and the Gourd” (1937)<o:p></o:p></li></ul>Nosi, Panayiota<o:p></o:p><ul style="list-style-type:disc;"><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in;">ATU 461 as “The Moorish Boy (1960)<o:p></o:p></li></ul>Panagiotou, Kaiti <o:p></o:p><ul style="list-style-type:disc;"><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in;">“The Witch” (1937)<o:p></o:p></li></ul>Skliva, Maria (nb: provenance vexed)<o:p></o:p><ul style="list-style-type:disc;"><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in;">ATU 400 as “The Prince and the Bear” (1959)<o:p></o:p></li></ul>Stefanidou, H. <o:p></o:p><ul style="list-style-type:disc;"><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in;">“The Priest and the Priest’s Wife” (1938)<o:p></o:p></li></ul>Stefanidou, P. <o:p></o:p><ul style="list-style-type:disc;"><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in;">ATU 736 as “Not Even a Leaf Moves Without God’s Will” (19370<o:p></o:p></li></ul>Tornikidou, G.<o:p></o:p><ul style="list-style-type:disc;"><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:1.0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;tab-stops:list 1.0in;">“The Turkish Convert” (1931)<o:p></o:p></li></ul><o:p></o:p>