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Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 48 times as folktales)
avg rating 4.32 — 54,224 ratings — published 2009
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as folktales)
avg rating 4.23 — 221,254 ratings — published 1812
Italian Folktales (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as folktales)
avg rating 4.18 — 4,742 ratings — published 1956
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as folktales)
avg rating 4.04 — 26,324 ratings — published 1975
Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as folktales)
avg rating 4.06 — 18,575 ratings — published 1989
The Skull (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 27 times as folktales)
avg rating 4.16 — 16,195 ratings — published 2023
The Lion and the Mouse (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as folktales)
avg rating 4.23 — 24,438 ratings — published 2009
The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as folktales)
avg rating 4.08 — 233,723 ratings — published 2017
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as folktales)
avg rating 4.35 — 21,021 ratings — published 1987
Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as folktales)
avg rating 4.12 — 7,325 ratings — published 1973
Norwegian Folktales (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as folktales)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,003 ratings — published 1868
Folktales from India (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as folktales)
avg rating 4.05 — 674 ratings — published 1992
Russian Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as folktales)
avg rating 4.19 — 4,679 ratings — published 1855
Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as folktales)
avg rating 4.32 — 2,703 ratings — published 2007
Starry River of the Sky (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 20 times as folktales)
avg rating 4.18 — 10,104 ratings — published 2012
Stone Soup (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as folktales)
avg rating 4.25 — 46,723 ratings — published 1947
Strega Nona (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as folktales)
avg rating 4.26 — 90,251 ratings — published 1975
The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as folktales)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,704 ratings — published 1985
The Mitten (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as folktales)
avg rating 4.28 — 94,596 ratings — published 1989
American Indian Myths and Legends (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as folktales)
avg rating 4.08 — 5,404 ratings — published 1984
The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as folktales)
avg rating 4.18 — 1,711 ratings — published 2016
Favorite Folktales from Around the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as folktales)
avg rating 4.18 — 959 ratings — published 1986
Abiyoyo (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as folktales)
avg rating 4.25 — 2,759 ratings — published 1963
The Arabian Nights (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as folktales)
avg rating 4.03 — 81,921 ratings — published 800
Aesop’s Fables (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as folktales)
avg rating 4.05 — 129,696 ratings — published -560
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as folktales)
avg rating 4.32 — 195,730 ratings — published 1989
It Could Always Be Worse: A Yiddish Folk Tale (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as folktales)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,076 ratings — published 1976
The Rough-Face Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as folktales)
avg rating 4.38 — 12,716 ratings — published 1998
Tikki Tikki Tembo (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as folktales)
avg rating 4.20 — 65,083 ratings — published 1968
The Complete Fairy Tales (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as folktales)
avg rating 4.29 — 108,511 ratings — published 1850
Norse Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as folktales)
avg rating 4.10 — 343,081 ratings — published 2017
The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as folktales)
avg rating 4.30 — 5,554 ratings — published 1989
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as folktales)
avg rating 3.90 — 65,236 ratings — published 1979
Nordic Tales: Folktales from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, and Denmark (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as folktales)
avg rating 3.85 — 2,710 ratings — published 2019
Japanese Fairy Tales (Tuttle Classics)
by (shelved 14 times as folktales)
avg rating 3.69 — 5,538 ratings — published 1903
African Folktales (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as folktales)
avg rating 3.76 — 306 ratings — published 1983
The Three Pigs: A Caldecott Award Winner (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as folktales)
avg rating 4.16 — 20,695 ratings — published 2001
Trickster: Native American Tales, A Graphic Collection (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as folktales)
avg rating 3.55 — 2,638 ratings — published 2010
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as folktales)
avg rating 4.14 — 18,051 ratings — published 1977
Irish Fairy and Folk Tales (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as folktales)
avg rating 4.04 — 5,951 ratings — published 1888
The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as folktales)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,982 ratings — published 1988
A Story, a Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as folktales)
avg rating 3.99 — 3,386 ratings — published 1970
Not One Damsel in Distress: World Folktales for Strong Girls (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as folktales)
avg rating 3.89 — 766 ratings — published 2000
The Sleeper and the Spindle (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as folktales)
avg rating 3.87 — 54,161 ratings — published 2013
One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as folktales)
avg rating 4.32 — 3,199 ratings — published 1997
Deathless (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as folktales)
avg rating 3.93 — 22,862 ratings — published 2011
Arab Folktales (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as folktales)
avg rating 4.03 — 163 ratings — published 1986
East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as folktales)
avg rating 4.20 — 2,833 ratings — published 1845
Yiddish Folktales (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as folktales)
avg rating 4.12 — 215 ratings — published 1988
Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as folktales)
avg rating 4.01 — 2,076 ratings — published 1993
“Folk-tales and ballads conceive of Elfland with a different notion of time to our own. Its people mirror the activities of our world as if to mock or distort them, and to our eyes seem immortal. They affect our world, bringing benefit or harm, but these results are not consonant with our rules, and may resemble the arbitrary operation of luck or chance. Although men may interact with these folk, they can neither understand nor trust them.
The Border Ballads in general are ready to accommodate similtaneously a theology of expiation, reward and punishment, and an Elfland which has no moral imperatives, and interpenetrates our own in unpredictable ways, even inserting off-spring among us by means of the changeling.”
― The Great Shadow House: Essays on the Metaphysical Tradition in Scottish Fiction
The Border Ballads in general are ready to accommodate similtaneously a theology of expiation, reward and punishment, and an Elfland which has no moral imperatives, and interpenetrates our own in unpredictable ways, even inserting off-spring among us by means of the changeling.”
― The Great Shadow House: Essays on the Metaphysical Tradition in Scottish Fiction
“Gathering eir courage, e bowed and placed the basket of honey and fine handspun yarns at the witch's feet.
'I know who you are and what you seek,' the witch said in a deep melodious voice. 'It is inside my home. Take your cloak and go inside. When you find what you want, you will know the price you must pay.”
― The Thread That Binds
'I know who you are and what you seek,' the witch said in a deep melodious voice. 'It is inside my home. Take your cloak and go inside. When you find what you want, you will know the price you must pay.”
― The Thread That Binds
