Talk:Encyclopedia of Fairy Tales

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The Enzyklopädie des Märchens is generally known in English as the Encyclopedia of Fairy Tales (Encyclopedia of Fairy-tales), and so appears in a great deal of the literature. See the publisher's profile at. See I understand that editor Darklingou prefers the translation "Encyclopedia of the Folktale" which does have a more academic ring to it; however, there seems to be a distinction in German between "volksmärchen" (folktale) and "märchen" (fairy tale), in that "märchen" are a more restrictive class being folktales that deal with wondrous events ("wundersamen Begebenheiten"). I am aware that a few academic sources use the "folktale" title for the Enzyklopädie des Märchens such as, and ; however its use is not predominate. --Bejnar (talk) 18:11, 3 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Hello, Bejnar! If the translation Encyclopedia of Fairy Tales is established (and it appears to be) I'm o.k. with it. --Darklingou (talk) 20:06, 3 August 2014 (UTC) P. S. I've restored the old name on wikidata, too.

Hello, I would like to mention that the publisher uses Encyclopedia of the Folk Tale on their website (https://www.degruyter.com/view/db/emo; https://www.degruyter.com/view/serial/15991) as the official translation - wouldn't it make sense to use the official name and redirect "Encyclopaedia of Fairy Tales" there? StellaMadeleine (talk) 14:47, 19 October 2016 (UTC)