Editing Proverb (section)

===Sources for proverb study===
A seminal work in the study of proverbs is Archer Taylor's ''The Proverb'' (1931), later republished by [[Wolfgang Mieder]] with Taylor's Index included (1985/1934). A good introduction to the study of proverbs is Mieder's 2004 volume, ''Proverbs: A Handbook''. Mieder has also published a series of bibliography volumes on proverb research, as well as a large number of articles and other books in the field. Stan Nussbaum has edited a large collection on proverbs of Africa, published on a CD, including reprints of out-of-print collections, original collections, and works on analysis, bibliography, and application of proverbs to Christian ministry (1998).<ref>Mbiti, John. 2002. The African proverbs project and after. ''Lexikos'', 12(1): 256–263.</ref> Paczolay has compared proverbs across Europe and published a collection of similar proverbs in 55 languages (1997). There is an academic journal of proverb study, ''[[Proverbium (journal)|Proverbium]]'' ({{ISSN|0743-782X}}), many back issues of which are available online.<ref>{{cite journal |title=[Search results: Proverbium] |journal=Proverbium |publisher=Universiṭah ha-ʻIvrit bi-Yerushalayim / University of Vermont / Ohio State University |date=2023 |access-date=1 November 2023 |url= http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006930797 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130715020433/http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006930797 |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 July 2013 |via=Hathi Trust}}</ref> A volume containing articles on a wide variety of topics touching on proverbs was edited by Mieder and [[Alan Dundes]] (1994/1981). ''Paremia'' is a Spanish-language journal on proverbs, with articles available online.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://cvc.cervantes.es/lengua/paremia/ |title=Web access to ''Paremia''}}</ref> There are also papers on proverbs published in conference proceedings volumes from the annual Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Proverbs<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.colloquium-proverbs.org/icp/en/ |title=Conference website |publisher=Colloquium-proverbs.org |access-date=2013-08-30}}</ref> in [[Tavira Municipality|Tavira]], Portugal. Mieder has published a two-volume ''International Bibliography of Paremiology and Phraseology'', with a topical, language, and author index.<ref>Wolfgang Mieder. 2008. ''International Bibliography of Paremiology and Phraseology''. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.</ref> Mieder has also published a bibliography of collections of proverbs from around the world.<ref>Mieder, Wolfgang. 2011. ''International Bibliography of Paremiography''. (Supplement Series of Proverbium, 34.) Burlington, VT: University of Vermont.</ref> A broad introduction to proverb study, ''Introduction to Paremiology'', edited by Hrisztalina Hrisztova-Gotthardt and Melita Aleksa Varga has been published in both hardcover and free open access, with articles by a dozen different authors.<ref>''Introduction to Paremiology. A Comprehensive Guide to Proverb Studies'' edited by Hrisztalina Hrisztova-Gotthardt and Melita Aleksa Varga. Berlin: De Gruyter Open. Online: [http://www.degruyter.com/viewbooktoc/product/449649 Open Access version].</ref> In 2023, Wolfgang Mieder produced a new bibliography volume with 6,364 entries, available for free download from the Web: ''International Bibliography of Paremiology and Phraseology (2008-2022)''.<ref>[https://naklada.ffos.hr/knjige/ff/catalog/book/15 PDF of Mieder's bibliography for free download]</ref> For those who are studying traditional proverbs, there is a book of ideas and techniques for proverb study, freely downloadable: ''Proverb Studies: A Practical Manual''.<ref>Unseth, Peter. 2025. ''Proverb Studies: A Practical Manual'' [https://www.diu.edu/documents/Unseth_Proverb-Studies.pdf]</ref>