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Merrill Kaplan

Arts and Humanities · The Ohio State University

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Mid career · publishing since 2003
Historical and Archaeological StudiesLinguistics and language evolutionFolklore, Mythology, and Literature StudiesCultural Studies and Interdisciplinary ResearchHistorical, Literary, and Cultural Studies

Publications

18

Citations

44

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

23

Publishing since 2003

Research summary
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Merrill Kaplan studies folklore, mythology, and Scandinavian literary and cultural traditions, with particular attention to Old Norse texts, supernatural beliefs, and their social and historical contexts. Recent work examines topics such as trolls and supernatural encounters tied to pre-modern technologies like watermills, as well as contemporary folklore practices such as discourse about sexual harassment in academic settings. This research draws on close textual analysis of medieval sources alongside contemporary cultural and gender-related themes.

Norse mythology and Old Norse literatureFolklore and supernatural belief studiesScandinavian cultural and literary studiesGender and discourse in academic/cultural contextsHistorical and archaeological studies related to folklore

Publication output has been low and irregular over the last decade, averaging less than one publication per year with intermittent gaps.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 0.4/year recently
2017: 1 publication117182019: 1 publication119202021: 1 publication1212022: 1 publication12223242025: 1 publication12526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Journal of American Folklore×1
  • Acta scandinavica×1
  • Scandinavian Studies×1
  • Edda×1
  • Journal of Folklore Research×1
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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