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Otto Sutermeister (1832–1901) was a Swiss folklorist and professor at the University of Berne, who collected and revised numerous folk tales, legends, fables, and proverbs. Folkloristics is the formal academic study of Folklore. What actually constitutes folklore is disputed even within the discipline but generally folklore focuses on the The University of Berne is a University in the Swiss capital of Berne. History The concept of folklore developed as part of the 19th century ideology of Romantic nationalism, leading to the reshaping of oral traditions to serve modern ideological A legend ( Latin, legenda, "things to be read" is a Narrative of human actions that are perceived both by teller and listeners to A fable is a succinct story in prose or verse that features Animals Plants inanimate objects, or forces of nature which are A proverb (from the Latin proverbium) also called a byword or nayword, is a simple and concrete Saying popularly known and repeated [1]

Strongly influenced by the Brothers Grimm, Sutermeister emphasized the didactic aspect of Swiss folklore and rewrote many of the tales to suit young readers. The Brothers Grimm ( German: Die Gebrüder Grimm) Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Swiss folklore is used to describe a collection of local stories celebrations and customs of the alpine and sub-alpine peoples that occupy Switzerland. [2] He also was editor of the works of Jeremias Gotthelf and of the "Swiss Idioticon". Albert Bitzius ( October 4, 1797 &ndash October 22, 1854) Swiss Novelist, best known by his pen name of Jeremias

Otto Sutermeister was a friend of the german poet Friedrich Rückert, and was the grandfather of Heinrich Sutermeister. Friedrich Rückert ( May 16, 1788 &ndash January 31, 1866) was a German Poet, Translator and professor of Heinrich Sutermeister (born Feuerthalen, 12 August, 1910 – died Vaux-sur-Morges, 16 March, 1995) was a Swiss

Works

His major works are:

References

  1. ^ "Otto Sutermeister." The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales, Oxford University Press, 2000, 2002, 2005
  2. ^ "Otto Sutermeister." The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales, Oxford University Press, 2000, 2002, 2005
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