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Engl 2120: World Literature (Kettnich)

Folktales & folklore

The Types of International Folktales (Uther)
3 vols. (Part I: Animal Tales, Tales of Magic, Religious Tales, and Realistic Tales, with an Introduction; Part II: Tales of the Stupid Ogre, Anecdotes and Jokes, and Formula Tales; Part III: Appendices)
Critical Survey of Mythology & Folklore (series)
Three volumes will be especially useful:
1) Gods & goddesses; 2) Heroes & Heroines; 3) Love, sexuality, and desire

Handbooks

These sources are good for providing background information and helping you to make connections between tales and ideas/themes.

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Literature
continuously-updated scholarly resource for literary studies
Credo Reference
encyclopedias, dictionaries, quotations, and more