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The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 345 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.23 — 221,478 ratings — published 1812
The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 344 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.08 — 235,639 ratings — published 2017
Aesop’s Fables (Paperback)
by (shelved 201 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.05 — 129,786 ratings — published -560
Norse Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 192 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.10 — 343,648 ratings — published 2017
The Girl in the Tower (The Winternight Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 168 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.35 — 112,678 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 — 264,536 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 — 991,981 ratings — published 2001
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)
by (shelved 126 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.96 — 213,462 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 — 152,323 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 — 348,402 ratings — published 1000
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 102 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,356,813 ratings — published 2018
Italian Folktales (Paperback)
by (shelved 101 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.18 — 4,748 ratings — published 1956
Deathless (Hardcover)
by (shelved 101 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.93 — 22,900 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 — 96,523 ratings — published 1992
Gods of Jade and Shadow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 82 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.88 — 77,707 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 — 8,713 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 — 53,852 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 — 29,856 ratings — published 2024
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.75 — 119,470 ratings — published -2000
The Prose Edda: Norse Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.15 — 15,789 ratings — published 1220
“An old man plays the bagpipes
In a gold and silver wood;
Queens, their eyes blue like the ice,
Are dancing in a crowd.”
― When You Are Old: Early Poems and Fairy Tales
In a gold and silver wood;
Queens, their eyes blue like the ice,
Are dancing in a crowd.”
― When You Are Old: Early Poems and Fairy Tales
“In some parts it is a prevalent belief that the growth of mushrooms is influenced by the changes of the moon, and in Essex the subjoined rule is often scrupulously adhered to:
‘When the moon is at the full,
Mushrooms you may freely pull
But when the moon is on the wane,
Wait ere you think to pluck again.”
― The Old Lore of the Moon: Lunar Folklore & Folk Wisdom
‘When the moon is at the full,
Mushrooms you may freely pull
But when the moon is on the wane,
Wait ere you think to pluck again.”
― The Old Lore of the Moon: Lunar Folklore & Folk Wisdom
