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Parallel & Proverbs
Parallel & Proverbs
A weekly literary miscellany

With reference to

Sources

The references we draw on across the site. Every essay also lists its specific sources at the foot of the piece.

Foundational paremiology

  1. Mieder, W. (2004). Proverbs: A Handbook. Greenwood Press.
  2. Taylor, A. (1931). The Proverb. Harvard University Press.
  3. Mieder, W. (ed.) — International Bibliography of Paremiology and Phraseology.
  4. University of Vermont — Wolfgang Mieder Proverb Archive.

Regional anthologies

  1. Yale Anthology of African Proverbs.
  2. Refranero Multilingüe — Centro Virtual Cervantes (Spanish, multilingual).
  3. Mokienko, V. M. — Russian proverb dictionaries.
  4. Dal’, V. — Proverbs of the Russian People.
  5. École française d’Extrême-Orient — Khmer-language archives.

Native-speaker contributors

Each essay’s how it’s used today paragraph is verified by a native speaker, credited by name when they wish. We maintain a private rolodex of contributors and pay or trade appropriately when invited.