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Dee L. Ashliman (born January 1, 1938), who writes professionally as D. L. Ashliman, is an American folklorist and writer. He is Professor Emeritus of German at the University of Pittsburgh [1] and is considered to be a leading expert on folklore and fairytales. [2] He has published a number of works on the genre.
A Hungarian variant of the tale was adapted into an episode of the Hungarian television series Magyar népmesék ("Hungarian Folk Tales") , with the title A csillagász, a lopó, a vadász meg a szabó ("The Astronomer, the Thief, the Huntsman and the Tailor"). The English Fairy Tales channel on YouTube did an adaptation. [15]
American folklorist D. L. Ashliman classified the tale in the Aarne-Thompson Index as type AaTh 554B*, "The Child Who Was Raised by An Eagle", [5] a tale type that is otherwise titled "The Boy in the Eagle's Nest" and features a male protagonist that is raised by an eagle. [6]
Tikki Tikki Tembo is set in ancient China and invents a fictitious ancient Chinese custom whereby parents honor their first-born sons with long, elaborate names that everyone is obliged to say completely – no nicknames, no shortening of any kind – while second-born sons are typically given short, unimportant names.
Ashliman, D. L. "Folktales from China". Archived from the original on 24 February 2009. Churchill, Robert. "Book of Songs". Archived from the original on 28 August 2011. "Collection of Chinese Folk Songs". Archived from the original on 26 February 2009. "Demons, Monsters, and Ghosts of the Chinese Folklore"
The Magic Lotus Lantern and Other Tales From the Han Chinese. Libraries Unlimited. ISBN 1-59158-294-6. Li Nianpei (1988). The Beating of the Dragon Robe: A Repertoire of Beijing Opera; Synopses of 100 Most Popular Pieces. Joint Publishing. ISBN 962-04-0636-2
The tale was also adapted into an opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov titled The Snow Maiden: A Spring Fairy Tale (1880–1881). The story of Snegurochka was adapted into two Soviet films: an animated film with some of Rimsky-Korsakov's music, called The Snow Maiden (1952), and the live-action film The Snow Maiden (1968).
The tale is classified in the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as type ATU 432, "The Prince as Bird". [5] [6] Scholars Jack Zipes and D. L. Ashliman list the tale as a literary predecessor of the tale type. [7] [8] Philologist Gianfranco D'Aronco classified the tale as Italian type 432, The Bird Lover. [9]