storiologyn.
/ˌstɔːrɪˈɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˌstɔriˈɑlədʒi/ The systematic study of folk tales, legends, and the like, esp. with regard to their origin and development.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > legend or folk tale > [noun] > study of legend or folk tale
storiology1860
1860 J. F. Campbell Pop. Tales W. Highlands I. Introd. p. xi The following collection is intended to be a contribution to this new science of ‘Storyology’.
1877 Academy 17 Feb. 129 A fair sample of the Basque contribution to comparative ‘storiology’.
1919 Mod. Philol. 16 219 The bearing of these observations on Irish literary history and on the science of storiology..is important.
2004 Marvels & Tales 18 303 It is within this..context that the reprint of W. A. Clouston's classic text of storiology is particularly welcome.
Derivatives
ˌstorioˈlogical adj. of, relating to, or engaged in storiology.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > legend or folk tale > [adjective] > study of legend
storiological1891
1891 Daily Graphic 19 Oct. 9 I have a dozen storyological friends.
1993 Hist. Relig. 32 316 Storiological variations on the so-termed Toltec Conquest of the Maya.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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