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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.
Carl Wilhelm von Sydow, född den 21 december 1878 i Ryssby församling, Kronobergs län, död den 4 mars 1952 i Lunds domkyrkoförsamling, Lund [ 6], var en svensk folklivsforskare . Biografi. Carl Wilhelm von Sydow var son till lantbruksskoleföreståndaren Ludvig von Sydow och friherrinnan Göthilda Rappe.
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. Född:1878-12-21 – Ryssby församling (G-län), Kronobergs län. Död:1952-03-04 – Lunds domkyrkoförsamling, Skåne län. Folklorist.
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.
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.
12 de may. de 2022 · Selected papers on folklore. by. Sydow, C. W. von (Carl Wilhelm), 1878-1952. Publication date. 1977. Topics. Sydow, C. W. von (Carl Wilhelm), 1878-1952 -- Bibliography, Folklore. Publisher. New York : Arno Press.
