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The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 345 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.23 — 221,477 ratings — published 1812
The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 344 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.08 — 235,636 ratings — published 2017
Aesop’s Fables (Paperback)
by (shelved 201 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.05 — 129,789 ratings — published -560
Norse Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 192 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.10 — 343,650 ratings — published 2017
The Girl in the Tower (The Winternight Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 168 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.35 — 112,675 ratings — published 2017
Irish Fairy and Folk Tales (Hardcover)
by (shelved 143 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.04 — 5,962 ratings — published 1888
Uprooted (Hardcover)
by (shelved 142 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.02 — 264,535 ratings — published 2015
The Winter of the Witch (The Winternight Trilogy, #3)
by (shelved 141 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.48 — 89,766 ratings — published 2019
American Gods: Tenth Anniversary (American Gods, #1)
by (shelved 133 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.10 — 991,980 ratings — published 2001
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)
by (shelved 126 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.96 — 213,469 ratings — published 2023
Men and Monsters (Nightfall, #2)
by (shelved 122 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.40 — 556 ratings — published 2018
Spinning Silver (ebook)
by (shelved 118 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.18 — 152,326 ratings — published 2018
Thistlefoot (Hardcover)
by (shelved 109 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.94 — 24,600 ratings — published 2022
The Arabian Nights (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 108 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.03 — 82,017 ratings — published 800
The Complete Fairy Tales (Hardcover)
by (shelved 107 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.29 — 108,547 ratings — published 1850
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears (Paperback)
by (shelved 105 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.04 — 26,326 ratings — published 1975
Beowulf (Paperback)
by (shelved 102 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.50 — 348,405 ratings — published 1000
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 102 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,356,828 ratings — published 2018
Italian Folktales (Paperback)
by (shelved 101 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.18 — 4,749 ratings — published 1956
Deathless (Hardcover)
by (shelved 101 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.93 — 22,901 ratings — published 2011
Russian Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 98 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.19 — 4,686 ratings — published 1855
The Mabinogion (Paperback)
by (shelved 91 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.93 — 8,646 ratings — published 1200
The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1)
by (shelved 91 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.13 — 131,445 ratings — published 2013
The Celtic Twilight: Faerie and Folklore (Paperback)
by (shelved 90 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.02 — 3,371 ratings — published 1893
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 86 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.32 — 54,350 ratings — published 2009
Women Who Run With the Wolves (Paperback)
by (shelved 84 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.11 — 96,527 ratings — published 1992
Gods of Jade and Shadow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 82 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.88 — 77,705 ratings — published 2019
The Mitten (Hardcover)
by (shelved 82 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.28 — 94,684 ratings — published 1989
Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China (Paperback)
by (shelved 81 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.06 — 18,598 ratings — published 1989
The World of Lore: Monstrous Creatures (The World of Lore, #1)
by (shelved 78 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,762 ratings — published 2017
The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 77 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.08 — 95,902 ratings — published 2022
Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti (Paperback)
by (shelved 77 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.12 — 7,328 ratings — published 1973
The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries (Paperback)
by (shelved 77 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,606 ratings — published 1911
The Skull (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 74 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.15 — 16,477 ratings — published 2023
Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 74 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.78 — 3,323 ratings — published 2018
American Indian Myths and Legends (Paperback)
by (shelved 74 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.08 — 5,411 ratings — published 1984
Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (Paperback)
by (shelved 73 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.82 — 6,158 ratings — published 1904
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 72 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.35 — 21,041 ratings — published 1987
The Kalevala (Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.05 — 6,115 ratings — published 1835
The Hero With a Thousand Faces (Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.13 — 45,149 ratings — published 1949
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.90 — 65,404 ratings — published 1979
Celtic Tales: Fairy Tales and Stories of Enchantment from Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, and Wales (Hardcover)
by (shelved 68 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,476 ratings — published 2016
The Golden Bough (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.02 — 8,714 ratings — published 1890
Perrault's Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.10 — 15,169 ratings — published 1697
The Power of Myth (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.26 — 53,854 ratings — published 1988
The Book of Yokai: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,842 ratings — published 2014
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Scary Stories, #1)
by (shelved 67 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.06 — 73,024 ratings — published 1981
Where the Dark Stands Still (ebook)
by (shelved 64 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.04 — 29,857 ratings — published 2024
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.75 — 119,472 ratings — published -2000
The Prose Edda: Norse Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.15 — 15,789 ratings — published 1220
“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
“What are you reading?” she asked as he poured himself scotch and her a vodka. She looked over to the deserted volume. “Stories and Legends of Pagan Russia,” she read aloud. “Are you catching up on Yvan’s biography?”
― Cry of the Firebird
― Cry of the Firebird
