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If you’re keen to read myths, folklore and fairy-tales (as we all should), the following are some essential anthologies:
The Book of English Folktales, by Sybil Marshal.
Celtic Folk & Fairy Tales and More Celtic Folk & Fairy Tales, by Joseph Jacobs.
The Chinese Fairy Book, by Richard Wilhelm.
Early Irish Myths and Sagas, translated by Jeffrey Gantz.
English Fairy Tales and More English Fairy Tales, by Joseph Jacobs.
Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry, by William Butler Yeats.
Folklore, Myths and Legends of Britain, by Reader’s Digest.
Italian Folktales, by Italo Calvino.
Japanese Tales, by Royall Tyler.
The Lore of the Land: A Guide to England’s Legends from Spring-Heeled Jack to the Witches of Warboys, by Jennifer Westwood and Jacqueline Simpson.
The Lore of Scotland: A Guide to Scottish Legends, by Jennifer Westwood and Sophia Kingshill.
The Mabinogion, translated by Sioned Davies.
The Mahabharata, translated by Ramesh Menon.
The Mammoth Book of Celtic Myths and Legends, by Peter Berresford Ellis.
Le Morte d’Arthur, by Thomas Malory.
The Norse Myths, by Kevin Crossley-Holland.
The Penguin Book of Scottish Folktales, by Neil Philip.
Popular Romances of the West of England, by Robert Hunt.
Russian Fairy Tales, collected by Aleksandr Afanas’ev and translated by Norbert Guterman.
Scandinavian Folktales, by Jacqueline Simpson.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo, translated by J. R. R. Tolkien.
Skye: The Island and Its Legends, by Otta F. Swire.
Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, by Pu Songling.
The Thousand and One Nights, in either the Mardrus / Mathers translation or the recent annotated translation by Yasmine Seale.
The Watkins Book of English Folktales, by Neil Philip.
The Welsh Fairy Book, by William Jenkyn Thomas.
JAPANESE NOVELS DRIVE
Highly curated collection of 75 novels by 75 Japanese authors, mostly containing winners and nominees of major Japanese literary awards but also some of my favourites.
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All my decals are also free now. Yes, you can use it for commercial work. No, don't even need to credit me, just take it. No, it's not AI, it's like 4 or 5 years old.
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