Henri Gaidoz collection [1580-1968]

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Henri Gaidoz collection [1580-1968]

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The collection consists of 6,785 items collected and organized by Gaidoz. Most are previously published (pamphlets, booklets, offprints, and extracts from journals), while a few (notes, correspondence) are unpublished. The majority of publications date from the mid-19th to early-20th centuries, but a few (24 items in all) date from the 16th to 18th centuries. 140 publications in the collection are dated between 1933-1968. Subjects in the collection span the breadth of Gaidoz' wide-ranging interests in folklore, mythology, Celtic studies, and comparative religion. A collection of pamphlets, booklets, and offprints compiled by French folklorist Henri Gaidoz (1842-1932) pertaining to folklore (particularly French folklore), mythology, Celtic Studies, and comparative religion.

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Indiana University. Libraries. Folklore Collection

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Gaidoz, Henri, 1842-1932

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Henri Gaidoz was born in Paris in 1842 and died there in 1932. He was a folklorist, philologist, and scholar of Celtic studies, and also an expert in archaeology, religion, and mythology. He founded the journals Melusine and Revue Celtique. When Celtic Studies was inaugurated in the Sorbonne, he was named as the first director. Among folklorists, his best-known work is Blason populaire de la France (1884), which he co-wrote with the other leading French folklorist of the day, Paul Sebillot. Howe...