- William Boscomb
William Boscomb is an American folklorist who is most well known for creating Boscomb's four functions of folklore.
Boscomb's Four Functions of Folklore:
*Enabling of human beings to escape in fantasy from repressions imposted upon them by society...
*Validate culture, justifying its rituals and institutions...
*Pedagogic devices-also known as a means of educating people
*Maintaining conformity to the accepted patterns of behaviorource
Georges, Robert A and Michale Owen Jones. "Folkloristics: An Introduction". ISBN: 0-253-32934-5
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