| Red as Blood, White as Snow, Black as Crow: Chromatic Symbolism of Womanhood in Fairy Tales F Vaz da Silva Global Literary Theory: An Anthology, 2013 | 81* | 2013 |
| Metamorphosis: The Dynamics of Symbolism in European Fairy Tales F Vaz da Silva New York: Peter Lang, 2002 | 76* | 2002 |
| The invention of fairy tales FV Silva Journal of American Folklore 123 (490), 398-425, 2010 | 48 | 2010 |
| Tradition without end F Vaz da Silva A companion to folklore, 40-54, 2012 | 33 | 2012 |
| The Amazonian Ox dance festival: an anthropological account M Cavalcanti Cultural Analysis 2 (69), 105, 2001 | 33 | 2001 |
| Archeology of intangible heritage FV Da Silva Peter Lang, 2008 | 30 | 2008 |
| Charles Perrault and the Evolution of “Little Red Riding Hood” F Vaz da Silva Marvels & Tales 30 (2), 167-190, 2016 | 24 | 2016 |
| Fairy-tale symbolism F Vaz da Silva The Cambridge Companion to Fairy Tales, 97-116, 2015 | 22 | 2015 |
| Folklore into theory: Freud and Lévi-Strauss on incest and marriage FV da Silva Journal of Folklore Research 44 (1), 1-19, 2007 | 20 | 2007 |
| Iberian seventh-born children, werewolves, and the dragon slayer: A case study in the comparative interpretation of symbolic praxis and fairytales F Vaz da Silva Folklore 114 (3), 335-353, 2003 | 19 | 2003 |
| Sexual horns: the anatomy and metaphysics of cuckoldry in European folklore FV Da Silva Comparative studies in society and history 48 (2), 396-418, 2006 | 16 | 2006 |
| The madonna and the cuckoo: an exploration in European symbolic conceptions FV Da Silva Comparative Studies in Society and History 46 (2), 273-299, 2004 | 13 | 2004 |
| Fairy-tale symbolism: an overview F Vaz da Silva Fairy-tale symbolism: an overview, 2017 | 11 | 2017 |
| Complex Entities in the Universe of Fairy Tales F Vaz da Silva Marvels & Tales 14 (2), 219–243, 2000 | 9 | 2000 |
| Bengt Holbek and the Study of Meanings in Fairy Tales F Vaz da Silva | 9 | 2000 |
| Why Cinderella's mother becomes a cow FV da Silva Marvels & Tales 28 (1), 25-37, 2014 | 8 | 2014 |
| Capuchinho vermelho: ontem e hoje FV da Silva Temas e Debates, 2011 | 8 | 2011 |
| Cinderella the dragon slayer F Vaz da Silva Studia mythologica Slavica, 187-204, 2000 | 8 | 2000 |
| Teaching Symbolism in ‘Little Red Riding Hood.’” F Vaz da Silva New Approaches to Teaching Folk and Fairy Tales, 172-88, 2016 | 7 | 2016 |
| Bengt Holbek and the study of meanings in fairy tales FV Da Silva Cultural Analysis 1, 3-14, 2000 | 7 | 2000 |
