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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 De Gruyter: Profile: Literary science. See Fenske, Michaela (2010). "The Undoing of an Encyclopedia: Knowledge Practices within German Folklore Studies after World War II". Journal of Folklore Research. 47 (1): 51–78, page 52. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help) 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 Jason, Heda (1996). "Indexing of Folk and Oral Literature in the Islamdominated Cultural Area". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 59 (1): 102–116., and Uther, Hans-Jörg (1986). "The Encyclopedia of the Folktale". In Bottigheimer, Ruth B. (ed.). Fairy Tales and Society: Illusion, allusion, and paradigm. Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia: University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0-8122-8021-0.; however its use is not predominate. --Bejnar (talk) 18:11, 3 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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.[reply]

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)[reply]