Translation is one of the ways in a process adaptations fairytales foreign origin. From this perspective, it very important to consider literary sources study oral narrative materials. The large numbers folktales has rich tradition and some plots come from literature, spread interpreted by folk narrators. This article focuses on Georgian related stories “The Thousand One Nights”, compares types...

With the undertake of various folktale digitalization initiatives, the need for computational aids to explore these collections is increasing. In this paper we compare Labeled LDA (L-LDA) to a simple retrieval model on the task of identifying motifs in folktales. We show that both methods are well able to successfully discriminate between relevant and irrelevant motifs. L-LDA represents motifs ...

I apply Barwise and Seligman’s theory of information flow to understand how sets of signals can carry information. More precisely I focus on the case where the information of interest is not present in any individual signal, but rather is carried by correlations between signals. This focus has the virtue of highlighting an oft-neglected process, viz., the different methods that apply categories...

Narrative originates in forms common to oral cultures. The body of work examining and analyzing myths, legends, and folklore, provides a foundation and support for a greater psychologically resonant experience. Surveyed work includes: the characteristics of oral narrative sketched by Ong, the structural interpretation of myth described by Lévi-Strauss, the psychological types outlined by Jung, ...