Walther Heissig (December 5, 1913 — September 5, 2005), Bonn, spiritus movens of the PIAC and Secretary General from 1958 to 1960.
Participation:
- 01st Meeting, 1958
- 02nd Meting, 1959
- 03rd Meeting, 1960
- 04th Meeting, 1961
- 06th Meeting, 1963
- 07th Meeting, 1964
- 10th Meeting, 1967: Olon Süme Manuskripte aus Japan
- 11th Meeting, 1968: Volkskundliche Beschreibung des mongolischen Brauchtums
- 13th Meeting, 1970: Religious motives in Tsakhar-Mongol folk poetry
- 15th Meeting, 1972
- 17th Meeting, 1974: Arbeitsbericht (editor of Proceedings)
- 23rd Meeting, 1980
- 27th Meeting, 1984: Von der Realität zum Mythos: Der Daumen im mongolischen Epos
- 28th Meeting, 1985: The Present State of Research in Mongolian Epics and the Oral Tradition
- 44th Meeting, 2001: Zum Motiv der Hexenverbrennung in der Mongolischen Volksdichtung
Obituaries:
Taube, E. (2006). Walther Heissig (5 December 1913—5 September 2005) In Memoriam. Asian Folklore Studies, 65(1), 87–93. http://www.jstor.org/stable/30030375
Uray-Kőhalmi, K. (2006). Walther Heissig (1913—2005). Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 59(3), 377–379. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23658848
Veit, V. (2007). Walther Heissig (1913-2005). The Journal of Asian Studies, 66(4), 1227–1228. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20203302