18 books like Kathāsaritsāgara

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Tales of Ancient Egypt Roger Lancelyn Green · 1967 · ★ 3.8 · 215p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Selected tales evoke the mystery, superstitions, and myths of Egypt under the pharaohs. Shares Tales, Folklore, Fairy Tales, Mythology

Volksmärchen der Deutschen Johann Karl August Musäus · 1815 · 507p · ≈ 16h · Challenging Shares Tales, Folklore, Fairy Tales with this book.

Dornröschen Gebrüder Grimm [Brothers Grimm] · 1959 · 29p · ≈ 58m · Moderate Enraged at not being invited to the princess's christening, a wicked fairy casts a spell that dooms the princess to sleep for one hundred years. Shares Tales, Folklore, Fairy Tales

Tales of old Japan A. B. Mitford · 1871 · 383p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Shares Tales, Folklore, Fairy Tales, Social life and customs with this book.

Ancient tales and folklore of Japan Richard Gordon Smith · 1908 · 360p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Shares Tales, Folklore, Mythology with this book.

Scandinavian folk-lore William A. Craigie · 1896 · 554p · ≈ 18h · Challenging Shares Folklore, Mythology, Social life and customs with this book.

The king and the corpse Heinrich Robert Zimmer · 1948 · 338p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Shares Folk literature, Tales, Folklore, Mythology with this book.

Japanese fairy tales Yei Theodora Ozaki · 2002 · 186p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Japanese folktales are somewhat of a loaded term. In commonplace usage, it signifies a certain set of well-known classic tales, with a vague distinction of whether they fit the rigorous definition of folktale or not. The admixed imposters are literate written pieces, dating back to the Muromachi period (14th-16th centuries) or even earlier times in the Middle Ages. These would not normally… Shares Folklore, Fairy Tales

The golden age of myth & legend Thomas Bulfinch · 1900 · 495p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Shares Folklore, Mythology with this book.

Traditions of the Tinguian Fay-Cooper Cole · 1915 · 248p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Abstracts: p. 202-226. Shares Folklore, Mythology

Малахитовая шкатулка Pavel Bazhov · 1944 · 411p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Tales from the Ural Mountains. Shares Tales, Fairy Tales

The bee-man of Orn Frank R. Stockton · 1964 · ★ 4.0 · 44p · ≈ 1h · Moderate When a Sorcerer tells him that he has been transformed from another sort of being, the Bee-man sets out to discover what he was in his earlier incarnation. Story is accompanied by a DVD which provides a behind-the-scenes look at the illustrator at work. Shares Tales, Fairy Tales

The Green Fairy Book Andrew Lang · 1892 · ★ 4.2 · 120p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Fairy tales gathered from the folklore of Russia, Germany, Italy, France, China, Scotland, and England. Shares Folklore, Fairy Tales

The Sleeping Beauty Arthur Quiller-Couch · 1910 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Shares Folklore, Fairy Tales with this book.

The Brown Fairy Book Andrew Lang · 1904 · 215p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Thirty-two fairy tales from the folklore of Africa, Australia, Brazil, India, New Caledonia, and Persia. Shares Folklore, Fairy Tales

The Crimson Fairy Book Andrew Lang · 1903 · 338p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Twenty four fairy tales from the folklore of Hungary, Russia, Rumania, Serbia, Tunis, Finland, Iceland, Japan, and Sicily. Shares Tales, Folklore, Fairy Tales

The Pink Fairy Book Andrew Lang · 1897 · ★ 4.1 · 110p · ≈ 3h · Challenging A collection of more than thirty fairy tales gathered from all over the world. Shares Tales, Folklore, Fairy Tales

Pentamerone Giovanni Battista Basile · 1850 · 402p · ≈ 13h · Challenging Shares Folk literature, Tales, Folklore, Fairy Tales with this book.

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