author
Friedrich S. (Friedrich Salomo) Krauss
1859–1938
A pioneering collector of South Slavic folklore, this scholar moved from classical philology into ethnography and the study of sexuality, producing work that drew both admiration and controversy. His books preserve oral traditions, customs, and beliefs from a wide range of communities in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
2 Audiobooks
Slavische Volkforschungen Abhandlungen über Glauben, Gewohnheitrechte, Sitten, Bräuche und die Guslarenlieder der Südslaven
by Friedrich S. (Friedrich Salomo) Krauss
The Russian Grandmother's Wonder Tales
by Louise Seymour Houghton, Friedrich S. (Friedrich Salomo) Krauss
About the author
Born in Požega in 1859 and later active in Vienna, Friedrich Salomo Krauss was a Croatian-Austrian Jewish ethnographer, folklorist, Slavist, and sexologist. He studied at the University of Vienna and early on turned from classical philology toward the languages, stories, and everyday customs of South Slavic communities.
Krauss became especially known for collecting and publishing folk tales, songs, beliefs, and social customs. Reference works describe him as one of the first scholars to investigate South Slavic folklore in a systematic way, and his fieldwork in places such as Bosnia, Herzegovina, and Dalmatia helped preserve material that might otherwise have been lost.
Later in his career, he also edited Anthropophyteia, a publication devoted to sexual folklore and the history of morals, which made his name well known beyond folklore studies. He died in Vienna in 1938, leaving behind a body of work that remains important for readers interested in folklore, cultural history, and the study of oral tradition.