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Carl Wilhelm von Sydow (21 December 1878 – 4 March 1952) was a Swedish folklore scholar. A professor at Lund University, he was a pioneer of folklore studies in Sweden and contributed to establishing systematic methods in the field.
In 1934, Carl Wilhelm von Sydow differentiated between "memo-rate" and "fabulate" (von Sydow 1934:261). The basic tenet of this distinction was that first hand accounts of supernatural experiences are a different type of folk narrative than second or third hand ac-counts. To avoid the exclusionary nature of such a distinction, von
Carl Wilhelm von Sydow var son till lantbruksskoleföreståndaren Ludvig von Sydow och friherrinnan Göthilda Rappe. Han avlade mogenhetsexamen i Växjö 1897 och skrevs in i Smålands nation vid Lunds universitet 1898. Han disputerade för filosofie doktorsgraden 1909 på avhandlingen Två spinnsagor och blev 1910 docent i nordisk och ...
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Aug 20, 2023 · Carl Wilhelm von Sydow (21 December 1878 – 4 March 1952) was a Swedish folklore scholar. A professor at Lund University, he was a pioneer of folklore studies in Sweden and contributed to establishing systematic methods in the field.
May 12, 2022 · Selected papers on folklore : Sydow, C. W. von (Carl Wilhelm), 1878-1952 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive.
When Swedish folklorist and ethnologist Carl Wilhelm von Sydow (1878–1952)1 picked the term for describing a process of cultural adaptation of tradition, he was imputing into his terminology the subjectivity of the tradition bearers (also his term) whose close contact with their natural environment was a key paradigm for his analytical work.
In this book, Professor Emeritus Nils-Arvid Bringéus provides a detailed analysis of the founder of folklore research in Sweden, Professor Carl Wilhelm von Sydow (1878–1952). We are introduced to a fascinating personality and able to follow his persevering struggle to gain acceptance for a new academic discipline.