Alexander Afanasyev Александр Афанасьев | |
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| Born | 23 July 1826 Boguchar, Voronezh Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 5 October 1871 (aged 45) Moscow, Russian Empire |
| Occupation | Slavist, folklorist, literary critic, historian, journalist |
| Alma mater | Imperial Moscow University (1848) |
| Notable works | Russian Fairy Tales, Poetic Views of the Slavs on Nature |
Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev[a] (Russian: Александр Николаевич Афанасьев; 23 July [O.S. 11 July] 1826 – 5 October [O.S. 23 September] 1871) was a Russian Slavist and ethnographer best known for publishing nearly 600 East Slavic and Russian fairy and folk tales, one of the largest collections of folklore in the world.[2][3] This collection was not strictly Russian, but included folk tales from Ukraine and Belarus alongside Russian folk tales.[4][5] The first edition of his collection was published in eight volumes from 1855 to 1867, earning him the reputation of being the Russian counterpart to the Brothers Grimm.[6]
- ^ Jones, Steven Swann (2002), The fairy tale: the magic mirror of the imagination, Routledge, p. 141
- ^ Riordan 2003, p. 221.
- ^ Haney, Jack V. (2014). "Introduction: A.N, Afanas'ev: His Life and Works". In Haney, Jack V. (ed.). The complete folktales of A.N. Afanas'ev. Vol. I. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. pp. XXI–XXII, XXIV, XXVII–XXVIII. ISBN 978-1-62846-094-0.
- ^ Suwyn, Barbara J. (1997). The Magic Egg and Other Tales from Ukraine, Edited and with an Introduction by Natalie O. Kononenko. Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, Inc. pp. xxi. ISBN 1563084252.
- ^ Haney, Jack V. (2014). "Introduction: A.N. Afanas'ev: His Life and Works". In Haney, Jack V. (ed.). The complete folktales of A.N. Afanas'ev. Vol. I. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. pp. xxiv, xxvii. ISBN 978-1-62846-094-0.
- ^ Gruel-Apert 2011.
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