Moltke Moe
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Moltke Moe was a Norwegian folklorist
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, Buskerud
County, Norway. He was the son of Church of Norway
Bishop Jørgen Moe
. After school graduation in 1876 he began to study theology, but eventually he was caught more by folklore and religious history. From the time he was 18-years old, he collected folklore, particularly in Telemark
.
Moe was a professor at the University of Christiania
from 1886. Moltke Moe also took up the legacy established by his father and Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
. He editing the collections of Norwegian folk tales in the tradition of Asbjørnsen and Moe. After his father's death in 1882, and following the death of Peter Christen Asbjørnsen in 1885, he took over the publication of the folktales. He sent out several revised editions. He also published collections of folk songs in cooperation with Knut Liestøl
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Folklore
Folklore consists of legends, music, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, fairy tales and customs that are the traditions of a culture, subculture, or group. It is also the set of practices through which those expressive genres are shared. The study of folklore is sometimes called...
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Biographu
Ingebret Moltke Moe was born in KrødsheradKrødsherad
Krødsherad is a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Noresund. The municipality of Krødsherad was established when it was separated from the municipality of Sigdal on 1 January 1901.-Name:The Old Norse form of the name was...
, Buskerud
Buskerud
is a county in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Oppland, Sogn og Fjordane, Hordaland, Telemark, and Vestfold. The county administration is located in Drammen.-Geography:...
County, Norway. He was the son of Church of Norway
Church of Norway
The Church of Norway is the state church of Norway, established after the Lutheran reformation in Denmark-Norway in 1536-1537 broke the ties to the Holy See. The church confesses the Lutheran Christian faith...
Bishop Jørgen Moe
Jørgen Moe
right|thumb|Norske Folkeeventyr Asbjørnsen and Moe Jørgen Engebretsen Moe was a Norwegian bishop and author...
. After school graduation in 1876 he began to study theology, but eventually he was caught more by folklore and religious history. From the time he was 18-years old, he collected folklore, particularly in Telemark
Telemark
is a county in Norway, bordering Vestfold, Buskerud, Hordaland, Rogaland and Aust-Agder. The county administration is in Skien. Until 1919 the county was known as Bratsberg amt.-Location:...
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Moe was a professor at the University of Christiania
University of Oslo
The University of Oslo , formerly The Royal Frederick University , is the oldest and largest university in Norway, situated in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. The university was founded in 1811 and was modelled after the recently established University of Berlin...
from 1886. Moltke Moe also took up the legacy established by his father and Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore...
. He editing the collections of Norwegian folk tales in the tradition of Asbjørnsen and Moe. After his father's death in 1882, and following the death of Peter Christen Asbjørnsen in 1885, he took over the publication of the folktales. He sent out several revised editions. He also published collections of folk songs in cooperation with Knut Liestøl
Knut Liestøl
Knut Liestøl was the Norwegian Minister of Education and Church Affairs 1933-1935.He was the chairman of Noregs Mållag from 1925 to 1926....
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Selected works
- Eventyrlige sagn i den ældre historie (1906)
- Folkeminne frå Bøherad (1925)
- Folke-eventyr frå Flatdal (1929)
Other sources
- Flotra, Jorunn Moltke Moe som Folklorist (Aschehoug/Norsk Folkeminnelag; 1995)