Edmund Mudrak

Edmund Mudrak (27 October 1894 – 12 December 1965) was an Austrian philologist who specialized in Germanic studies.

Biography
Edmund Mudrak was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary on 27 October 1894. He studied German, Oriental studies and prehistory at the University of Vienna, gaining his Ph.D. there under the supervision of Georg Hüsing with a thesis on Wayland the Smith.

Mudrak was a member of the Verein für Volkskunde and belonged to the mythological school of Leopold von Schroeder. He was a prominent member of the Deutsche Bildung movement. He worked closely with Karl von Spieß on the study of German folklore. From 1939 to 1943, Mudrak worked for Amt Rosenberg. In 1943 he was appointed Professor of Folklore at Reichsuniversität Posen.

After World War II, Mudrak workes as a teacher at the Akademisches Gymnasium in Vienna, and as a consultant at the Old Catholic Church of Austria. Since 1965 he was together with Karl Tekusch Deputy Chairman of the Muttersprache society in Vienna. Mudrak published a number of works on Germanic folklore, Germanic mythology and literature, which have been published in numerous editions up to the present day. He died in Vienna on 12 December 1965.

Selected works

 * Mudrak, Edmund (1938). „Die Aufgaben der Volkskunde als einer lebendigen Wissenschaft“. In: Spieß, Karl von & Mudrak, Edmund. Deutsche Volkskunde als politische Wissenschaft. Zwei Aufsätze mit einem vollständigen Verlagsverzeichnis für 1923-1938 als Anhang. Berlin: Stubenrauch. S. 3–11.
 * Mudrak, Edmund (Hg.) (2003). Sagen der Germanen. 23. Auflage. Eningen: Ensslin.
 * Mudrak, Edmund (Hg.) (2009a). Deutsche Heldensagen. 36. Auflage. Hamburg: Nikol.
 * Mudrak, Edmund (Hg.) (2009b). Nordische Götter- und Heldensagen. 28. Auflage. Hamburg: Nikol.
 * Mudrak, Edmund (1943). „Sagen der Technik“. Hegel & Schade.
 * Mudrak, Edmund & Spieß, Karl von & Sladky, Herta (Hg.) (1944). Hausbuch deutscher Märchen. Berlin: Stubenrauh.