Carl-Herman Tillhagen (17 December 1906 – 28 May 2002) was a Swedish
folklorist
Folklore studies (also known as folkloristics, tradition studies or folk life studies in the UK) is the academic discipline devoted to the study of folklore. This term, along with its synonyms, gained currency in the 1950s to distinguish the ac ...
and
ethnologist
Ethnology (from the , meaning 'nation') is an academic field and discipline that compares and analyzes the characteristics of different peoples and the relationships between them (compare cultural, social, or sociocultural anthropology).
Scien ...
who did extensive research on
Scandinavian folklore
Nordic folklore is the folklore of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland and the Faroe Islands. It has common roots with, and has been under mutual influence with, folklore in England, Germany, the Low Countries, the Baltic countries, Finland and SÃ ...
.
Life
He was born on 17 December 1906 in
Sundsvall
Sundsvall () is a city and the seat of Sundsvall Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden. It has a population of 58,807 as of 2020; more than 95,000 live in the municipal area. It is Sweden's 21st largest city by population. Old town i ...
, Sweden. From 1932 to 1936 Tillhagen studied at
Uppsala University
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Initially fou ...
. He continued his studies at
Stockholm University
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until 1943, and until 1960 in
Oslo
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where he received his doctorate. In 1939 he was employed by
Nordiska museet, where he was a curator from 1961 to 1972.
In 1954 he was employed for a study of the
Romani people
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, po ...
. He was on the board of directors in the
International Society for Folk Narrative Research. In 1966 he was
guest professor at
Indiana University
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and
University of California
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.
Bibliography
* ''Taikon berättar'' (1946)
* ''Svenska folklekar och danser I-II'' (1949–50, med N. Denker)
* ''Folklig läkekonst'' (1960)
* ''Folklig spådomskonst'' (1961)
* ''Papers on
Folk-Medicine'' (1964)
* ''Zigenarna i Sverige'' (1965)
* ''Glada juledagar'' (1965)
* ''FÃ¥glarna i folktron'' (1978)
* ''Folklig ordakonst'' (1980)
* ''Järnet och människorna, verklighet och vidskepelse'' (1981)
* ''Vardagsskrock'' (1982)
* ''Barnet i folktron'' (1983)
* ''Jaktskrock'' (1985)
* ''Arbetsliv och julglädje'' (1985)
* ''Drömrosor och kärleksört'' (1985)
* ''Bellmanhistorier'' (1986)
* ''Vävskrock'' (1986)
* ''Allmogejakt i Sverige'' (1987)
* ''Malmsägner och gruvskrock'' (1988)
* ''VÃ¥r kropp i folktron'' (1989)
* ''Himlens stjärnor och vädrets makter'' (1991)
* ''Skogarna och träden'' (1995)
* ''Vattnens folklore'' (1997)
* ''Bergen de blå och stenarna där barn du lekte'' (1998)
* ''VÃ¥ra folkminnen'' (1999)
References
1906 births
2002 deaths
Swedish ethnologists
Swedish folklorists
Mythography
People from Sundsvall
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