Also storyology. [f. STORY sb.1 + -(O)LOGY.] The systematic study of popular tales and legends, with regard to their origin and development.
1860. J. F. Campbell, Pop. Tales W. Highl., I. Introd. 11. The following collection is intended to be a contribution to this new science of ‘Storyology.’ Ibid. (1862), IV. 308. Now if ‘storyology’ be a science, it is worthy of a system and systematic study.
1877. W. R. S. Ralston, in Academy, 17 Feb., 129. A fair sample of the Basque contribution to comparative ‘storiology.’
1900. B. Taylor (title), Storyology: Essays in Folklore, Sea-lore, and Plant-lore.
Hence Storiological a., of or pertaining to storiology.
1891. Daily Graphic, 19 Oct., 9. I have a dozen storyological friends.
1904. Folk-Lore, March, 60. Examples of storyological research.
