SOURCE: "Greek Mythology and the Study of the Ancient Greek Oral Story," in Journal of Folklore Research, Vol. 20, Nos. 2 & 3, June-December, 1983, pp. 101-12.
In the following essay, Hansen examines Rose's inclusion of märchen in his study of Greek mythology and argues that Rose fails to adequately treat the category of folktales. Hansen suggests that the idea that mythology encompasses "all Greek traditional stories" has not been fully explored.
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