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The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 341 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.23 — 220,229 ratings — published 1812
The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 337 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.09 — 227,865 ratings — published 2017
Aesop’s Fables (Paperback)
by (shelved 197 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.05 — 129,143 ratings — published -560
Norse Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 190 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.10 — 340,847 ratings — published 2017
The Girl in the Tower (The Winternight Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 163 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.35 — 109,758 ratings — published 2017
The Winter of the Witch (The Winternight Trilogy, #3)
by (shelved 140 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.49 — 87,436 ratings — published 2019
Irish Fairy and Folk Tales (Hardcover)
by (shelved 139 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.04 — 5,891 ratings — published 1888
Uprooted (Hardcover)
by (shelved 138 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.02 — 260,358 ratings — published 2015
American Gods: Tenth Anniversary (American Gods, #1)
by (shelved 131 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.10 — 985,090 ratings — published 2001
Men and Monsters (Nightfall, #2)
by (shelved 122 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.40 — 556 ratings — published 2018
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)
by (shelved 112 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.97 — 198,254 ratings — published 2023
Spinning Silver (ebook)
by (shelved 112 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.18 — 148,585 ratings — published 2018
Thistlefoot (Hardcover)
by (shelved 108 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.94 — 23,885 ratings — published 2022
The Arabian Nights (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 106 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.03 — 80,851 ratings — published 800
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears (Paperback)
by (shelved 105 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.04 — 26,328 ratings — published 1975
The Complete Fairy Tales (Hardcover)
by (shelved 104 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.29 — 108,358 ratings — published 1850
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 102 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,314,962 ratings — published 2018
Italian Folktales (Paperback)
by (shelved 100 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.18 — 4,702 ratings — published 1956
Beowulf (Paperback)
by (shelved 100 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.50 — 342,470 ratings — published 1000
Deathless (Hardcover)
by (shelved 98 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.93 — 22,696 ratings — published 2011
Russian Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 95 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.19 — 4,671 ratings — published 1855
The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1)
by (shelved 91 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.13 — 130,457 ratings — published 2013
The Celtic Twilight: Faerie and Folklore (Paperback)
by (shelved 90 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.02 — 3,329 ratings — published 1893
The Mabinogion (Paperback)
by (shelved 89 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.93 — 8,532 ratings — published 1400
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 87 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.32 — 53,723 ratings — published 2009
Gods of Jade and Shadow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 82 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.88 — 76,309 ratings — published 2019
The Mitten (Hardcover)
by (shelved 82 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.28 — 94,228 ratings — published 1989
Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China (Paperback)
by (shelved 82 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.06 — 18,506 ratings — published 1989
Women Who Run With the Wolves (Paperback)
by (shelved 78 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.11 — 93,308 ratings — published 1992
Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti (Paperback)
by (shelved 78 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.12 — 7,312 ratings — published 1973
The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries (Paperback)
by (shelved 76 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,591 ratings — published 1911
The World of Lore: Monstrous Creatures (The World of Lore, #1)
by (shelved 74 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,693 ratings — published 2017
American Indian Myths and Legends (Paperback)
by (shelved 74 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.08 — 5,392 ratings — published 1984
The Hero With a Thousand Faces (Paperback)
by (shelved 73 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.13 — 44,615 ratings — published 1949
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 72 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.35 — 20,965 ratings — published 1987
Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.83 — 6,020 ratings — published 1904
The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 71 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.09 — 92,457 ratings — published 2022
Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 71 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.78 — 3,269 ratings — published 2018
The Skull (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 70 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.17 — 13,953 ratings — published 2023
The Kalevala (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.05 — 6,015 ratings — published 1835
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.90 — 64,297 ratings — published 1979
Perrault's Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.10 — 15,163 ratings — published 1697
The Golden Bough (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.02 — 8,660 ratings — published 1890
The Power of Myth (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.26 — 53,456 ratings — published 1988
The Book of Yokai: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.98 — 1,809 ratings — published 2014
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.06 — 72,364 ratings — published 1981
Celtic Tales: Fairy Tales and Stories of Enchantment from Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, and Wales (Hardcover)
by (shelved 63 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,422 ratings — published 2016
The Lion and the Mouse (Hardcover)
by (shelved 63 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.23 — 24,405 ratings — published 2009
The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.83 — 6,255 ratings — published 1975
The Prose Edda: Norse Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.15 — 15,553 ratings — published 1220
“The protagonist of folktale is always, and intensely, a young person moving through ordeals into adult life. . . . and this is why there are no wicked stepchildren in the tales.”
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“Chinese traditionally consider shadows part of the soul. Harm done to a shadow, whether by pinning it to the ground or stepping on it, was considered spiritual damage to the person. Of course none of this really works. But the mind can certainly affect the body.”
― The Fox Wife
― The Fox Wife
