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Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as folklore-mythology)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,501,502 ratings — published 2018
Norse Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as folklore-mythology)
avg rating 4.09 — 349,889 ratings — published 2017
The Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as folklore-mythology)
avg rating 3.86 — 1,298,916 ratings — published -800
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as folklore-mythology)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,210,809 ratings — published 2011
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as folklore-mythology)
avg rating 4.23 — 224,152 ratings — published 1812
Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as folklore-mythology)
avg rating 4.04 — 61,692 ratings — published 1942
The Iliad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as folklore-mythology)
avg rating 3.94 — 541,880 ratings — published -750
Mythos - The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as folklore-mythology)
avg rating 4.25 — 182,335 ratings — published 2017
The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as folklore-mythology)
avg rating 4.08 — 246,848 ratings — published 2017
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as folklore-mythology)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,581,424 ratings — published 2005
The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2)
by (shelved 24 times as folklore-mythology)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,434,869 ratings — published 2006
The Prose Edda: Norse Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as folklore-mythology)
avg rating 4.15 — 16,382 ratings — published 1220
Beowulf (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as folklore-mythology)
avg rating 3.51 — 358,925 ratings — published 950
The Mabinogion (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as folklore-mythology)
avg rating 3.92 — 8,959 ratings — published 1200
The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4)
by (shelved 20 times as folklore-mythology)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,267,898 ratings — published 2008
American Gods (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 20 times as folklore-mythology)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,007,894 ratings — published 2001
The Titan’s Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #3)
by (shelved 20 times as folklore-mythology)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,274,810 ratings — published 2007
The Witch's Heart (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as folklore-mythology)
avg rating 4.03 — 66,177 ratings — published 2021
The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #5)
by (shelved 19 times as folklore-mythology)
avg rating 4.56 — 1,199,520 ratings — published 2009
The Power of Myth (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as folklore-mythology)
avg rating 4.26 — 54,890 ratings — published 1988
The Arabian Nights (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as folklore-mythology)
avg rating 4.02 — 83,796 ratings — published 800
Aesop’s Fables (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as folklore-mythology)
avg rating 4.05 — 131,307 ratings — published -560
The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as folklore-mythology)
avg rating 4.07 — 104,392 ratings — published 2022
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as folklore-mythology)
avg rating 3.76 — 125,309 ratings — published -1800
Ariadne (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as folklore-mythology)
avg rating 3.78 — 157,352 ratings — published 2021
A Thousand Ships (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as folklore-mythology)
avg rating 4.04 — 101,289 ratings — published 2019
Daughter of the Moon Goddess (The Celestial Kingdom, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as folklore-mythology)
avg rating 4.05 — 138,174 ratings — published 2022
The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as folklore-mythology)
avg rating 4.12 — 46,513 ratings — published 1949
Bulfinch's Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as folklore-mythology)
avg rating 4.13 — 12,394 ratings — published 1855
Clytemnestra (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as folklore-mythology)
avg rating 4.22 — 70,588 ratings — published 2023
Galatea (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 15 times as folklore-mythology)
avg rating 3.93 — 136,229 ratings — published 2013
The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as folklore-mythology)
avg rating 4.26 — 13,029 ratings — published 1270
The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as folklore-mythology)
avg rating 4.28 — 972,440 ratings — published 2010
Irish Fairy and Folk Tales (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as folklore-mythology)
avg rating 4.04 — 6,194 ratings — published 1888
Stone Blind (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as folklore-mythology)
avg rating 3.77 — 86,639 ratings — published 2022
The House of Hades (Heroes of Olympus, #4)
by (shelved 14 times as folklore-mythology)
avg rating 4.56 — 505,208 ratings — published 2013
Metamorphoses (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as folklore-mythology)
avg rating 4.10 — 81,473 ratings — published 8
The Norse Myths (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as folklore-mythology)
avg rating 4.16 — 7,731 ratings — published 1980
The Complete Fairy Tales (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as folklore-mythology)
avg rating 4.29 — 109,225 ratings — published 1850
Gods of Jade and Shadow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as folklore-mythology)
avg rating 3.87 — 81,403 ratings — published 2019
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as folklore-mythology)
avg rating 3.89 — 68,161 ratings — published 1979
The Kalevala (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as folklore-mythology)
avg rating 4.04 — 6,341 ratings — published 1835
Lore Olympus: Volume One (Lore Olympus, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as folklore-mythology)
avg rating 4.18 — 185,110 ratings — published 2021
Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as folklore-mythology)
avg rating 4.21 — 28,926 ratings — published 2020
Spinning Silver (ebook)
by (shelved 12 times as folklore-mythology)
avg rating 4.17 — 159,762 ratings — published 2018
The Saga of the Volsungs (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as folklore-mythology)
avg rating 4.00 — 7,174 ratings — published 1000
Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as folklore-mythology)
avg rating 3.91 — 40,201 ratings — published 1485
D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as folklore-mythology)
avg rating 4.41 — 20,585 ratings — published 1962
Italian Folktales (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as folklore-mythology)
avg rating 4.18 — 4,841 ratings — published 1956
The Wolf and the Woodsman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as folklore-mythology)
avg rating 3.49 — 34,303 ratings — published 2021
“I can't swallow the thought of the Woodsmen killing the little part of her that's left in me, the facsimile of our shared blood.”
― The Wolf and the Woodsman
― The Wolf and the Woodsman
“With a rose garden blanket thrown on her legs that matched her roosari, her scarf, she ran her liver-spotted hand across her left arm and said, “A hunter in Lorestan was hunting for wild goats. He spots one and chases it into a cave. He waited outside until the goat came out of the cave. When the goat finally comes out, he shoots it in the head and it dies on the spot. He approaches the goat and sees it had a wet goatee. He immediately knew there was water in the cave. So he went inside and after a fifteen-minute drop to the bottom he discovers a carved room filled with gold. There was so much gold that he could build an entire house with it. He starts to go back to the cave day by day to collect the gold. The people in his village figured there was something suspicious going on with the hunter so a few of them followed him once. They then discovered the hidden gold too. They all agreed that since he never shared it with the rest of the tribe, he should be killed. They killed him and started to take the gold themselves. Eventually all of the villagers dispersed throughout the country and the gold was nowhere to be found. Some say it is abroad and some say it is scattered all over the country. But what do I know? I never saw it because I lost both my eyes during the war.”
― Tajrish
― Tajrish