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The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 338 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.23 — 220,156 ratings — published 1812
The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 337 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.09 — 227,583 ratings — published 2017
Aesop’s Fables (Paperback)
by (shelved 196 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.05 — 129,099 ratings — published -560
Norse Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 189 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.10 — 340,619 ratings — published 2017
The Girl in the Tower (The Winternight Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 161 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.35 — 109,626 ratings — published 2017
The Winter of the Witch (The Winternight Trilogy, #3)
by (shelved 138 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.49 — 87,329 ratings — published 2019
Uprooted (Hardcover)
by (shelved 138 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.02 — 260,043 ratings — published 2015
Irish Fairy and Folk Tales (Hardcover)
by (shelved 137 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.04 — 5,890 ratings — published 1888
American Gods: Tenth Anniversary (American Gods, #1)
by (shelved 131 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.10 — 984,640 ratings — published 2001
Men and Monsters (Nightfall, #2)
by (shelved 122 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.40 — 556 ratings — published 2018
Spinning Silver (ebook)
by (shelved 112 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.18 — 148,380 ratings — published 2018
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)
by (shelved 111 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.97 — 196,855 ratings — published 2023
Thistlefoot (Hardcover)
by (shelved 107 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.94 — 23,811 ratings — published 2022
The Arabian Nights (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 105 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.03 — 80,809 ratings — published 800
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears (Paperback)
by (shelved 105 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.04 — 26,327 ratings — published 1975
The Complete Fairy Tales (Hardcover)
by (shelved 104 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.29 — 108,349 ratings — published 1850
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 102 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,312,064 ratings — published 2018
Beowulf (Paperback)
by (shelved 100 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.50 — 344,348 ratings — published 1000
Italian Folktales (Paperback)
by (shelved 99 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.18 — 4,697 ratings — published 1956
Deathless (Hardcover)
by (shelved 98 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.93 — 22,682 ratings — published 2011
Russian Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 94 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.19 — 4,670 ratings — published 1855
The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1)
by (shelved 90 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.13 — 130,377 ratings — published 2013
The Celtic Twilight: Faerie and Folklore (Paperback)
by (shelved 90 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.02 — 3,327 ratings — published 1893
The Mabinogion (Paperback)
by (shelved 87 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.93 — 8,520 ratings — published 1400
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 87 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.32 — 53,662 ratings — published 2009
Gods of Jade and Shadow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 82 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.88 — 76,164 ratings — published 2019
The Mitten (Hardcover)
by (shelved 82 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.28 — 94,198 ratings — published 1989
Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China (Paperback)
by (shelved 82 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.06 — 18,507 ratings — published 1989
Women Who Run With the Wolves (Paperback)
by (shelved 78 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.11 — 93,096 ratings — published 1992
Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti (Paperback)
by (shelved 78 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.12 — 7,310 ratings — published 1973
The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries (Paperback)
by (shelved 76 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,592 ratings — published 1911
The World of Lore: Monstrous Creatures (The World of Lore, #1)
by (shelved 74 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,687 ratings — published 2017
American Indian Myths and Legends (Paperback)
by (shelved 74 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.08 — 5,391 ratings — published 1984
The Hero With a Thousand Faces (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.13 — 44,572 ratings — published 1949
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 72 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.35 — 20,974 ratings — published 1987
Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.83 — 5,998 ratings — published 1904
The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 71 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.09 — 92,175 ratings — published 2022
Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 71 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.78 — 3,261 ratings — published 2018
The Skull (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 70 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.16 — 13,975 ratings — published 2023
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.90 — 64,175 ratings — published 1979
The Kalevala (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.05 — 6,002 ratings — published 1835
The Golden Bough (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.02 — 8,654 ratings — published 1890
The Power of Myth (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.26 — 53,419 ratings — published 1988
The Book of Yokai: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.98 — 1,801 ratings — published 2014
Perrault's Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.10 — 15,155 ratings — published 1697
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.06 — 72,178 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 — 2,419 ratings — published 2016
The Lion and the Mouse (Hardcover)
by (shelved 63 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.23 — 24,395 ratings — published 2009
The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.83 — 6,251 ratings — published 1975
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,920,621 ratings — published 2011
“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
“The mystery religions were instituted in order to protect the marvels of the commonplace from those who would devalue them.”
― The Black Goddess and the Unseen Real: Our Uncommon Senses and Their Common Sense
― The Black Goddess and the Unseen Real: Our Uncommon Senses and Their Common Sense
