''Western Folklore'' is a quarterly

academic journal An academic journal (or scholarly journal or scientific journal) is a periodical publication in which Scholarly method, scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. They serve as permanent and transparent forums for the ...

for the study of

folklore Folklore is the body of expressive culture shared by a particular group of people, culture or subculture. This includes oral traditions such as Narrative, tales, myths, legends, proverbs, Poetry, poems, jokes, and other oral traditions. This also ...

published by the Western States Folklore Society (formerly the California Folklore Society). It was established in 1942 as the ''California Folklore Quarterly'' and obtained its current name in 1947. It is indexed in

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Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in

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, Humanities Index, Music Index, Prepublication Online Data System, and Arts and Humanities Search.

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* Academic journals established in 1942 Folklore journals Quarterly journals English-language journals 1942 establishments in California {{folklore-journal-stub