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Merge

I'd like to merge Folkloristics here; basically it is not much more than a list which duplicates a category, at present. If nobody seriously objects, I'll go ahead in a day or so. --Guinnog 00:20, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestbot served a link to this article. Don't know if every of the names in the list is tagged with Category:Folklorists. Also, the literature list might be useful? Otherwise merge (and redirect Folkloristics), it's just a few lines. User:Yy-bo 11:33, 31 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure if I'm doing this correctly, but mythology is a category of folklore. Folkloristics is the study of folklore, and this would include mythology. To merge the two (folkloristics and mythography) would deny the importance of Folklore as a field of study and place it subordinate to that of "mythography." I don't know of any accredited schools that teach "mythography." I vote no on the merge.

I also vote no on the merge for similiar reasons. Mythography is a different discipline, of limited scope. Just because the article is bad now doesn't make it redundant. It needs expansion not removal. Remove the merge thing and expand the folkloristics article.leontes 04:57, 16 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that the two should NOT be merged, because folklorists study legends occuring in historic time as well as myths that occurred in mythic time.(unsigned)

No. The field of folkloristics covers more then myths. Many of the folklorists also studied riddles, folk speech, and games. The merge would belittle the field of folkloristics.(unsigned)

Strong no. Folkloristics is a distinct field. A glance at the mythography page shows that not only the subject matter but the approach are completely different. (Also, the mythography page blurs the distinction between mythographers and mythologists.) Myth is a subset of folklore, but there have been those who studied myths without paying attention to their place in folklore. Bruxism 01:47, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Do not merge, as they are not the same thing. Instead, the folkloristics article should be added to the Folklore Portal.

Mythographers/mythologists rarely work with the more ethnographic approaches used by most folklorists. Another strong "no" vote here

It looks like people are opposed to the idea. Isn't mythography a subcategory of folkoristics? So shouldn't the move be the other way around? Sofeil 07:16, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mythography does not have anywhere near the academic saliency of Folkloristics, which is a very developed field, recognized widely as connected to the academic fields of Volkskunde, fol'klor (in Russian), minjian wenxue (in chinese), etc.--Nlight2 02:17, 21 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Strong no. I'd support a merger going the otherway. Mythography which sounds like a neologism eeasily falls within the scope of folkloristics whereas it doesn't go the other way round. Maunus 11:51, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]