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The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 353 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.08 — 242,609 ratings — published 2017
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 351 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.23 — 222,909 ratings — published 1812
Aesop’s Fables (Paperback)
by (shelved 203 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.05 — 130,648 ratings — published -560
Norse Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 195 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.10 — 346,937 ratings — published 2017
The Girl in the Tower (The Winternight Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 168 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.35 — 115,889 ratings — published 2017
Irish Fairy and Folk Tales (Hardcover)
by (shelved 147 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.04 — 6,097 ratings — published 1888
Uprooted (Hardcover)
by (shelved 144 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.02 — 270,615 ratings — published 2015
The Winter of the Witch (The Winternight Trilogy, #3)
by (shelved 142 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.48 — 92,621 ratings — published 2019
American Gods (American Gods, #1)
by (shelved 133 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.10 — 999,979 ratings — published 2001
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)
by (shelved 131 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.95 — 230,150 ratings — published 2023
Men and Monsters (Nightfall, #2)
by (shelved 122 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.39 — 557 ratings — published 2018
Spinning Silver (ebook)
by (shelved 119 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.17 — 156,930 ratings — published 2018
Thistlefoot (Hardcover)
by (shelved 113 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.93 — 25,593 ratings — published 2022
The Arabian Nights (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 111 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.02 — 82,715 ratings — published 800
The Complete Fairy Tales (Hardcover)
by (shelved 108 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.29 — 108,836 ratings — published 1850
Beowulf (Paperback)
by (shelved 107 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.50 — 353,154 ratings — published 1000
Italian Folktales (Paperback)
by (shelved 106 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.18 — 4,802 ratings — published 1956
Deathless (Hardcover)
by (shelved 105 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.92 — 23,332 ratings — published 2011
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears (Paperback)
by (shelved 105 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.04 — 26,367 ratings — published 1975
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 103 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,417,318 ratings — published 2018
Russian Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 100 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.19 — 4,704 ratings — published 1855
The Swan Lake Murders (Mary Wandwalker #4)
by (shelved 95 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.32 — 16,653 ratings — published
The Celtic Twilight: Faerie and Folklore (Paperback)
by (shelved 93 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.01 — 3,404 ratings — published 1893
The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1)
by (shelved 92 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.13 — 132,936 ratings — published 2013
Women Who Run With the Wolves (Paperback)
by (shelved 90 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.10 — 100,451 ratings — published 1992
The Mabinogion (Paperback)
by (shelved 89 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.92 — 8,811 ratings — published 1200
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 86 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.32 — 55,293 ratings — published 2009
Gods of Jade and Shadow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 84 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.87 — 79,914 ratings — published 2019
Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China (Paperback)
by (shelved 82 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.06 — 18,686 ratings — published 1989
The Mitten (Hardcover)
by (shelved 81 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.28 — 95,142 ratings — published 1989
The World of Lore: Monstrous Creatures (The World of Lore, #1)
by (shelved 80 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,840 ratings — published 2017
The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 78 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.08 — 100,683 ratings — published 2022
Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 78 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.79 — 3,376 ratings — published 2018
The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries (Paperback)
by (shelved 78 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,614 ratings — published 1911
Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti (Paperback)
by (shelved 77 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.12 — 7,374 ratings — published 1973
Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (Paperback)
by (shelved 76 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.81 — 6,340 ratings — published 1904
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 76 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.90 — 66,758 ratings — published 1979
The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.12 — 45,923 ratings — published 1949
American Indian Myths and Legends (Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.07 — 5,431 ratings — published 1984
The Skull (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 73 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.14 — 17,384 ratings — published 2023
The Kalevala (Paperback)
by (shelved 73 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.04 — 6,232 ratings — published 1835
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 72 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.35 — 21,100 ratings — published 1987
The Power of Myth (Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.26 — 54,394 ratings — published 1988
The Golden Bough (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.02 — 8,784 ratings — published 1890
Perrault's Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.09 — 15,312 ratings — published 1697
Where the Dark Stands Still (ebook)
by (shelved 69 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.03 — 32,826 ratings — published 2024
The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales (Vintage)
by (shelved 69 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.83 — 6,403 ratings — published 1975
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Scary Stories, #1)
by (shelved 68 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.06 — 73,782 ratings — published 1981
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.76 — 122,125 ratings — published -1800
The Fox Wife (Hardcover)
by (shelved 67 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.98 — 31,901 ratings — published 2024
“Behind her gentle character, the strength of armor was found.”
― Fire & Ice: The Kindred Woods
― Fire & Ice: The Kindred Woods
“Allegorical stories of saints battling with giants, monsters and demons may be interpreted as symbolizing the Christian's fight against paganism. At Bwlch Rhiwfelen (Denbigh) St Collen fought and killed a cannibal giantess, afterwards washing away the blood-stains in a well later known as Ffynnon Gollen. In Ireland, the tales of saints slaying giant serpents may have the same meaning; alternatively they (or some of them) may refer to early sightings of genuine water monsters. St Barry banished a serpent from a mountain into Lough Lagan (Roscommon), and a holy well sprang up where the saint's knee touched the ground.”
― Sacred Waters
― Sacred Waters
