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Publisher Pantheon Books released this series of fairy tales and folklore, now going out of print. They are an excellent source for volumes of folklore from their respective cultures.
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American Indian Myths and Legends
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African Folktales
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Russian Fairy Tales
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Japanese Tales
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Chinese Fairy Tales and Fantasies
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Moss Roberts (Translator, Editor)
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Folktales from India
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Afro-American Folktales
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Arab Folktales
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Inea Bushnaq (Editor & Translator)
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Latin American Folktales
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John Bierhorst (Editor)
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The Victorian Fairy Tale Book
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Yiddish Folktales
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Beatrice Weinreich (Editor)
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Encyclopedia of Fairies: Hobgoblins, Brownies, Bogies, & Other Supernatural Creatures
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The Old Wives' Fairy Tale Book
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Angela Carter (Editor)
3.98 avg rating — 437 ratings
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Northern Tales: Stories from the Native Peoples of the Arctic and Sub-Arctic Regions
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French Folktales
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Swedish Folktales and Legends
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Lone Thygesen Blecher (Translator)
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Favorite Folktales from Around the World
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Folk-Tales of the British Isles
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Gods and Heroes of Ancient Greece
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Gustav Schwab (Editor)
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Legends and Tales of the American West
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Richard Erdoes (Editor)
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British Folk Tales and Legends: A Sampler
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Irish Folk Tales
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Henry Glassie (Editor)
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Gods and Heroes: Myths and Epics of Ancient Greece
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Mar 26, 2011 10:39AM
Interesting list. I've got to make sure to find some of these books to read later.
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I was floored at how few of these books I own, or have even heard of. Great list!
more japanese and chinese when you can find some please????
Some East European folktales collections please? Not just Russian.
Several of the titles on this list aren't actually part of the Pantheon series.
Removed a few books:The New Homeowner's Guide to House pirits
Apollo Rising
The Fisherman & His Soul, the Star-Child, and Other Stories
Cuentos populares polacos
The Guardians of Karma
The Dream and the Underworld
Anung's Journey
The Irish Fairy Book
Chinese fairy tales: Forty stories told by almond-eyed folk
Japanese Fairy Tales
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas
Some of this is self published spam, and others are true folklore, but not published by Pantheon.
It now seems to be more or less correct.
Please be wary when deleting further books. I combined duplicates, which switched a couple of books to the default editions which aren't published by Pantheon, so please check all editions before deleting a book from the list.
a lot of these can be found with matching covers at the link below:https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/se...
Debaparna wrote: "Some East European folktales collections please? Not just Russian."This is a series of books from just one publishing house. They never did any more collections from Eastern Europe other than the Russian and Yiddish ones.
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