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10 best books like Gypsy Folk Tales (Diane Tong): The Lore of the Unicorn, Chinese Fairy Tales and Fantasies, The Lilac Fairy Book, Afro-American Folktales, Irish Folk Tales, Japanese Tales, Celtic Fairy Tales, Southern Folk Medicine: Healing Traditions from the Appalachian Fields and Forests, The Magic Orange Tree and Other Haitian Folktales, Faeries (Magical Worlds of Fantasy)

The Lore of the Unicorn
AuthorOdell Shepard
ISBN0517371561
An exhaustive look at the historical record.

Those of you who expect fairy tales -- or even chivalric romance -- will be surprised. The documents are actually pretty much all "natural history" -- of the era, which obviously was dominated by hearsay and travelers tales. Also comparisions to...
Chinese Fairy Tales and Fantasies
AuthorMoss Roberts
Quite a treasury. I liked the numerous short fables even better than the stories. And the introduction, that gives just a bit of historical context, esp. re the rivalry between the Confucians and the Taoists, is helpful.

My favorite is one of the very shortest:

"The Missing Axe

"A...
The Lilac Fairy Book
AuthorAndrew Lang
ISBN0486219070
About 2, maybe 3? years ago, I set myself the goal of reading all the color fairy tale collections edited by Andrew Lang. I vaguely remembered reading some of them when I was in elementary school, but I don't recall too many of the stories.

I was inspired to do this by Robin McKinley, who is one of...
Afro-American Folktales
AuthorRoger D. Abrahams
ISBN0394728858
From the canefileds of the ante-bellum South, the villages of the Caribbean islands, and the streets of contemporary inner cities, here are more than one hundred tales from an "incredibly rich and affirmative storytelling tradition" (Choice).

Full of life, wisdom, and humor, these tales...
Irish Folk Tales
AuthorHenry Glassie
Robust and funny, sorrowful and heroic, this collection of 125 lively tales tells the story of Ireland. Spanning the centuries from the first wars of the ancient Irish kings through the Celtic Renaissance of Yeats to our own time, they are set in cities, villages, fields and forestsfrom the wild Gaelic...
Japanese Tales
AuthorRoyall Tyler
Here are two hundred and twenty dazzling tales from medieval Japan, tales that welcome us into a fabulous, faraway world populated by saints and scoundrels, ghosts and magical healers, and a vast assortment of deities and demons. Stories of miracles, visions of hell, jokes, fables, and legends, these...
Celtic Fairy Tales
AuthorJoseph Jacobs
ISBN0486218260
The two volumes of Celtic folk tales collected by the leading British folklorist Joseph Jacobs (1854–1916) introduced the children of the world to the special vision and color, the unique magic of the Celtic folk imagination.
The 26 stories of "Guleesh," "The Horned Women," "King O'Toole and...
Southern Folk Medicine: Healing Traditions from the Appalachian Fields and Forests
AuthorPhyllis D. Light
This book is the first to describe the history, folklore, assessment methods, and remedies of Southern and Appalachian Folk Medicine—the only system of folk medicine, other than Native American, that developed in the United States. One of the system's last active practitioners, Phyllis D. Light...
The Magic Orange Tree and Other Haitian Folktales
AuthorDiane Wolkstein
ISBN0805210776
When Diane Wolkstein, herself a well-known storyteller traveled throughout the Haitian countryside in search of stories, she harvested a rich collection of twenty-seven tales, each of which is illuminated by fascinating introductory notes. From orange trees growing at the command of a child to...
Faeries (Magical Worlds of Fantasy)
AuthorIsaac Asimov
ISBN0451450612
Features:

ANDRE NORTON LORD DUNSANY POUL ANDERSON JESSICA AMANDA SALMONSON THOMAS BURNETT SWANN JAMES HOGG LAFCADIO HEARN RICHARD McKENNA MARY E. WILKINS PHILIP K. DICK HENRY SLESAR HERMINIE TEMPLETON H. C. BAILEY JOHANN LUDWIG TIECK JOHN BUCHAN ROBERT F. YOUNG ISAAC...
Forbidden Journeys: Fairy Tales and Fantasies by Victorian Women Writers
AuthorNina Auerbach
ISBN0226032043
As these eleven dark and wild stories demonstrate, fairy tales by Victorian women constitute a distinct literary tradition, one startlingly subversive of the society that fostered it. From Anne Thackeray Ritchie's adaptations of "The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood" to Christina Rossetti's unsettling...
The Fairies in Tradition and Literature
AuthorKatharine M. Briggs
ISBN0415286018
Fairies fascinate young and old alike. To some they offer tantalizing glimpses of other worlds. to others a subversive counterpoint to human arrogance and weakness. Like no other author. Katharine Briggs throughout her work communicated the thrill and delight of the world of fairies. and in this...
The King of Ireland's Son
AuthorPadraic Colum
ISBN0486297225
Compiled by noted Irish author Padraic Colum, this treasury of time-honored tales from the fairy-haunted folklore of the Emerald Isle includes these favorite stories: "Fedelma, the Enchanter's Daughter," "When the King of the Cats Came to King Connal's Dominion," "The Sword of Light and the Unique...
Women of the Celts
AuthorJean Markale
ISBN0892811501
Markale's book is a just a classic when it comes to "Celtic women and gender relations". The narrative is good and the author and the book is somehow easy reading and it seems that it takes you to a magic world.

However I don't recommend it if you're not interested in 'fantasy' and is looking for...
American Indian Trickster Tales
AuthorRichard Erdoes
ISBN0140277714
Of all the characters in myths and legends told around the world, it's the wily trickster who provides the real spark in the action, causing trouble wherever he goes. This figure shows up time and again in Native American folklore, where he takes many forms, from the irascible Coyote of the Southwest,...
Russian Fairy Tales
AuthorGillian Avery
ISBN0679436413
I came across this beautifully rendered collection of Russian fairy tales, quite by accident, while looking for a book that would suit as a gift. I couldn’t tell at first as it was shelved in between two other books with its cover concealed, but as soon as I pulled it out I saw a cover which begged to be opened....
The Jack Tales
AuthorRichard Chase
ISBN0618346929
Note, Dec. 15, 2017: I edited this review just now to correct a minor typo.

As kids, most Americans are exposed, at one time or another, to a retelling of the tale of Jack and the Beanstalk. Some Americans are vaguely aware that this is a very old story, going back several centuries at least. But...
Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest
AuthorElla Elizabeth Clark
ISBN0520239261
This collection of more than one hundred tribal tales, culled from the oral tradition of the Indians of Washington and Oregon, presents the Indians' own stories, told for generations around their fires, of the mountains, lakes, and rivers, and of the creation of the world and the heavens above. Each...
The Vampire: A Casebook
AuthorAlan Dundes
ISBN0299159248
    Vampires are the most fearsome and fascinating of all creatures of folklore. For the first time, detailed accounts of the vampire and how its tradition developed in different cultures are gathered in one volume by eminent folklorist Alan Dundes. Eleven leading scholars from the fields of...
The Trickster: A Study in American Indian Mythology
AuthorPaul Radin
ISBN0805203516
The myth of the Trickster--ambiguous creator and destroyer, cheater and cheated, subhuman and superhuman--is one of the earliest and most universal expressions of mankind. Nowhere does it survive in more starkly archaic form than in the voraciously uninhibited episodes of the Winnebago Trickster...
We Are the Romani People: Volume 28
AuthorIan Hancock
ISBN1902806190
This is an average introduction into the study of the Roma/Gypsies. It is written in elementary language with a lot of basic information. I had a feeling it was meant for young children to read. It got quite condescending in some parts, especially when it set out to teach people how to deal with Roma, and...
Blue Men and River Monsters: Folklore of the North
AuthorJohn Zimm
ISBN0870206702
The north is a treasure trove of folklore. From magical creatures of the old country to legends of the mysterious and macabre, such lore is a fascinating record of the stories people held on to and the customs, foods, and cures that filled their lives. Collected in the 1930s as part of the Federal Writers'...
Vampires Are Us: Understanding Our Love Affair with the Immortal Dark Side
AuthorMargot Adler
ISBN1578635608
"Vampires. Why do we care? In these pages you will find what is very simply, the most literate, imaginative, and just plain fascinating answer to that question ever written." ?Whitley Strieber


In a culture that does not do death particularly well, we are obsessed with mortality. Margot...
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection
AuthorEllen Datlow
ISBN0312314248
For more than a decade, readers have turned to The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror to find the most rewarding fantastic short stories. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling continue their critically acclaimed and award-winning tradition with another stunning collection of stories. The fiction and poetry...
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