COSQUIN, Emmanuel-Georges. Vitry-le-François (Marne) 25.6.1841 — ibid. 18.4.1919. French Folklorist. Son of a lawyer, himself studied law, but turned to journalist career. The work of Grimm brothers led him to collect and study popular narratives. Corresponding member of A.I.B.L. 1902, from now on concentrated on his studies. Already in his 1886 book he claimed that all European narratives originally hailed from India.
Publications: Contes populaires de Lorraine. 1-2. Paris 1886.
– Les Mongols et leur prétendu rôle dans la transmission des contes indiens vers l’Occident européen; étude de folk-lore comparé sur l’introduction du “Siddhikûr” et le conte du “Magicien et son apprenti”. 128 p. Niort 1913.
– Les contes indiens et l’Occident. 5+623 p. 1922 (posthumous, originally a series of articles 1913ff.), also quoted as Études folkloriques. Recherches sur les migrations des contes populaires et leur point de départ. 634 p. P. 1922.
Sources: *J. Feller, D.B.F. 9, 1961, 755; *S.R., Revue archéologique 5:9, 1919, 390-392; French Wikipédia.
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