Folklore

Muinaiset tarinat ja ajaton viisaus kaikuvat näillä sivuilla, joissa jumalat kulkevat kuolevaisten keskuudessa, konnat päihittävät mahtavat ja maagiset olennot paljastavat piilotettuja totuuksia ihmisen luonnosta. Nämä kirjat tutkivat myyttejä, legendoja ja perinteisiä tarinoita, jotka ovat muokanneet kulttuureja ympäri maailmaa, sekä tieteellisiä tulkintoja, jotka avaavat symbolisia merkityksiä satujen, eeppisten runojen ja yliluonnollisten uskomusten kudelmissa, joita on siirretty sukupolvelta toiselle.

Folklore Kirjayhteenvedot

Passport to Magonia

kirjoittanut Jacques F. Vallée • 1969

UFOs are genuine but not alien. They are fairies and demons repackaged for the space age.

4.21

1 000+

🛸 Ufology 🧚 Fairy Lore 🃏 Trickster Archetype

Immersiiviset

Passport to Magonia

UFOs are genuine but not alien. They are fairies and demons repackaged for the space age.

kirjoittanut Jacques F. Vallée 1969

4.21

1 000+ arvostelua

🛸 Ufology 🧚 Fairy Lore 🃏 Trickster Archetype

Shahnameh

kirjoittanut Abolqasem Ferdowsi • 1010

A legendary warrior fights an unknown challenger; neither knows the other is his only son.

4.52

5 000+

🦁 Persian Mythology 📜 Epic Poetry 🏛️ Iranian History

Shahnameh

A legendary warrior fights an unknown challenger; neither knows the other is his only son.

kirjoittanut Abolqasem Ferdowsi 1010 886 sivua

4.52

5 000+ arvostelua

🦁 Persian Mythology 📜 Epic Poetry 🏛️ Iranian History

The Gods Are Not to Blame

kirjoittanut Ola Rotimi • 1971

Abandoned as a baby to cheat a prophecy, he returns as king to find the curse waiting.

4.01

1 000+

🏛️ Mythic Retelling 🔮 Self-Fulfilling Prophecy 🎭 Tragic Irony

The Gods Are Not to Blame

Abandoned as a baby to cheat a prophecy, he returns as king to find the curse waiting.

kirjoittanut Ola Rotimi 1971 72 sivua

4.01

1 000+ arvostelua

🏛️ Mythic Retelling 🔮 Self-Fulfilling Prophecy 🎭 Tragic Irony

Women Who Run With the Wolves

kirjoittanut Clarissa Pinkola Estés • 1992

An instinctual, untamed self lies buried in every woman, and fairy tales are the map back.

4.10

97 000+

🧠 Jungian Psychology 📖 Fairy Tale Analysis 🔥 Reclaiming The Feminine

Women Who Run With the Wolves

An instinctual, untamed self lies buried in every woman, and fairy tales are the map back.

kirjoittanut Clarissa Pinkola Estés 1992 537 sivua

4.10

97 000+ arvostelua

🧠 Jungian Psychology 📖 Fairy Tale Analysis 🔥 Reclaiming The Feminine

Emily Wilden keijuensyklopedia

kirjoittanut Heather Fawcett • 2023

Her faerie fieldwork in a Nordic village is disrupted by a charming rival, an exiled king.

3.96

200 000+

🧚 Faerie Lore ☕ Cozy Fantasy 📓 Journal Format

Emily Wilden keijuensyklopedia

Her faerie fieldwork in a Nordic village is disrupted by a charming rival, an exiled king.

kirjoittanut Heather Fawcett 2023 317 sivua

3.96

200 000+ arvostelua

🧚 Faerie Lore ☕ Cozy Fantasy 📓 Journal Format

Myyttien voima

kirjoittanut Joseph Campbell • 1988

Ancient myths are not about gods. They are the instruction manual for your own unfinished life.

4.26

54 000+

🌍 Comparative Mythology 🗺️ The Hero'S Journey 🧠 Jungian Psychology

Myyttien voima

Ancient myths are not about gods. They are the instruction manual for your own unfinished life.

kirjoittanut Joseph Campbell 1988 293 sivua

4.26

54 000+ arvostelua

🌍 Comparative Mythology 🗺️ The Hero'S Journey 🧠 Jungian Psychology

Mahagatha - 100 Tales from the Puranas

kirjoittanut Satyarth Nayak • 2022

100 Puranic tales span creation to dissolution, tracing a cosmos where devotion rewrites destiny.

4.39

1 000+

🕉️ Hindu Mythology 📜 Mythology Retelling ⚖️ Cosmic Balance

Mahagatha - 100 Tales from the Puranas

100 Puranic tales span creation to dissolution, tracing a cosmos where devotion rewrites destiny.

kirjoittanut Satyarth Nayak 2022 436 sivua

4.39

1 000+ arvostelua

🕉️ Hindu Mythology 📜 Mythology Retelling ⚖️ Cosmic Balance

A History of Magic, Witchcraft, and the Occult

kirjoittanut Suzannah Lipscomb • 2020

How magic shaped religion, science, and entertainment for 95,000 years, and never really vanished.

4.02

1 000+

🕯️ Esoteric History 📜 Folk Magic Traditions ⚖️ Witch Trials

A History of Magic, Witchcraft, and the Occult

How magic shaped religion, science, and entertainment for 95,000 years, and never really vanished.

kirjoittanut Suzannah Lipscomb 2020 320 sivua

4.02

1 000+ arvostelua

🕯️ Esoteric History 📜 Folk Magic Traditions ⚖️ Witch Trials

Mythos

kirjoittanut Stephen Fry • 2017

The entire Greek myth cycle, from primordial chaos to heroic tragedy, retold with wit and elegance.

4.26

100 000+

🏛️ Greek Myth Retellings 🎙️ Witty Narrator 🌌 Creation Myths

Mythos

The entire Greek myth cycle, from primordial chaos to heroic tragedy, retold with wit and elegance.

kirjoittanut Stephen Fry 2017 416 sivua

4.26

100 000+ arvostelua

🏛️ Greek Myth Retellings 🎙️ Witty Narrator 🌌 Creation Myths

The Empusium

kirjoittanut Olga Tokarczuk • 2022

A frail student checks into a remote sanatorium where the men's circle hides a sacrificial rite.

3.75

25 000+

🏚️ Folk Horror ⛰️ Mountain Gothic 👗 Gender Disguise

The Empusium

A frail student checks into a remote sanatorium where the men's circle hides a sacrificial rite.

kirjoittanut Olga Tokarczuk 2022 305 sivua

3.75

25 000+ arvostelua

🏚️ Folk Horror ⛰️ Mountain Gothic 👗 Gender Disguise

Viimeinen toive

kirjoittanut Andrzej Sapkowski • 1993

A witcher roams a dark land where every monster contract forces an impossible moral choice.

4.14

400 000+

🐺 Slavic-Inspired Fantasy 📖 Subverted Fairy Tale 👑 Cursed Nobility

Viimeinen toive

A witcher roams a dark land where every monster contract forces an impossible moral choice.

kirjoittanut Andrzej Sapkowski 1993 400 sivua

4.14

400 000+ arvostelua

🐺 Slavic-Inspired Fantasy 📖 Subverted Fairy Tale 👑 Cursed Nobility

Haltioiden veri

kirjoittanut Andrzej Sapkowski • 1994

A witcher protects a child of prophecy whose power could save the world or bring about its end.

4.10

200 000+

🐺 Slavic Folklore ✨ Child Of Prophecy ⚔️ Witcher Training

Haltioiden veri

A witcher protects a child of prophecy whose power could save the world or bring about its end.

kirjoittanut Andrzej Sapkowski 1994 398 sivua

4.10

200 000+ arvostelua

🐺 Slavic Folklore ✨ Child Of Prophecy ⚔️ Witcher Training

Pathways to Bliss

kirjoittanut Joseph Campbell • 2004

Ancient myth holds a complete map to a meaningful life. Here is how to follow it.

4.33

3 000+

🏛️ Comparative Mythology 🧠 Jungian Psychology 📜 Archetypal Patterns

Pathways to Bliss

Ancient myth holds a complete map to a meaningful life. Here is how to follow it.

kirjoittanut Joseph Campbell 2004 224 sivua

4.33

3 000+ arvostelua

🏛️ Comparative Mythology 🧠 Jungian Psychology 📜 Archetypal Patterns

Indaba My Children

kirjoittanut Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa • 1964

Before Africa wrote, it remembered: the Bantu sacred history from creation to a future messiah.

4.41

450

🌍 African Mythology 🗣️ Bantu Oral Tradition 🌌 Creation Myths

Indaba My Children

Before Africa wrote, it remembered: the Bantu sacred history from creation to a future messiah.

kirjoittanut Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa 1964 696 sivua

4.41

450 arvostelua

🌍 African Mythology 🗣️ Bantu Oral Tradition 🌌 Creation Myths

Percy Jackson's Greek Gods

kirjoittanut Rick Riordan • 2014

A snarky demigod retells the Greek myths, from the first chaos to the Olympians' rule.

4.42

99 000+

🏛️ Greek Mythology 😂 Humorous Retelling 📚 Middle Grade Mythology

Percy Jackson's Greek Gods

A snarky demigod retells the Greek myths, from the first chaos to the Olympians' rule.

kirjoittanut Rick Riordan 2014 417 sivua

4.42

99 000+ arvostelua

🏛️ Greek Mythology 😂 Humorous Retelling 📚 Middle Grade Mythology

Atlantis

kirjoittanut Ignatius L. Donnelly • 1882

The case that a sunken Atlantic continent was the single source of all ancient civilization.

3.67

500+

🏛️ Lost Civilizations 📖 Comparative Mythology 🔮 Alternative History

Atlantis

The case that a sunken Atlantic continent was the single source of all ancient civilization.

kirjoittanut Ignatius L. Donnelly 1882 44 sivua

3.67

500+ arvostelua

🏛️ Lost Civilizations 📖 Comparative Mythology 🔮 Alternative History

Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes

kirjoittanut Rick Riordan • 2015

Percy Jackson retells the original Greek hero myths with snark, tragedy, and divine family drama.

4.41

54 000+

🏛️ Greek Myth Retellings 🗣️ Snarky Narrator 💔 Tragic Heroes

Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes

Percy Jackson retells the original Greek hero myths with snark, tragedy, and divine family drama.

kirjoittanut Rick Riordan 2015 404 sivua

4.41

54 000+ arvostelua

🏛️ Greek Myth Retellings 🗣️ Snarky Narrator 💔 Tragic Heroes

The Book of Forbidden Knowledge

kirjoittanut Johnson Smith & Company • 1910

Conjure love, control dreams, debunk spirit tricks: a 1910 manual of occult secrets.

3.44

471

🖤 Black Magic 🌿 Folk Magic 🔮 Divination

The Book of Forbidden Knowledge

Conjure love, control dreams, debunk spirit tricks: a 1910 manual of occult secrets.

kirjoittanut Johnson Smith & Company 1910 108 sivua

3.44

471 arvostelua

🖤 Black Magic 🌿 Folk Magic 🔮 Divination

Slewfoot

kirjoittanut Brom • 2021

Condemned for witchcraft, a Puritan widow bonds with the ancient spirit the village calls the Devil.

4.20

100 000+

🏚️ Puritan Horror 🌳 Folk Horror ⚖️ Witch Trial

Slewfoot

Condemned for witchcraft, a Puritan widow bonds with the ancient spirit the village calls the Devil.

kirjoittanut Brom 2021 305 sivua

4.20

100 000+ arvostelua

🏚️ Puritan Horror 🌳 Folk Horror ⚖️ Witch Trial

When Among Crows

kirjoittanut Veronica Roth • 2024

A guilt-ridden Knight and a cursed zmora hunt for Baba Jaga through Chicago's hidden monster world.

3.72

29 000+

🕯️ Slavic Folklore 🌃 Hidden Monster World ⚔️ Monster Hunter Redemption

When Among Crows

A guilt-ridden Knight and a cursed zmora hunt for Baba Jaga through Chicago's hidden monster world.

kirjoittanut Veronica Roth 2024 166 sivua

3.72

29 000+ arvostelua

🕯️ Slavic Folklore 🌃 Hidden Monster World ⚔️ Monster Hunter Redemption

Shadow and Evil in Fairy Tales

kirjoittanut Marie-Louise von Franz • 1974

Fairy tales are the psyche's oldest maps. Evil as natural force; the shadow hiding in every hero.

4.31

500+

🧠 Jungian Psychology 📖 Fairy Tale Analysis 👤 Shadow Work

Shadow and Evil in Fairy Tales

Fairy tales are the psyche's oldest maps. Evil as natural force; the shadow hiding in every hero.

kirjoittanut Marie-Louise von Franz 1974 352 sivua

4.31

500+ arvostelua

🧠 Jungian Psychology 📖 Fairy Tale Analysis 👤 Shadow Work

Viisaan miehen pelko

kirjoittanut Patrick Rothfuss • 2011

Kvothe helps a dying king win a bride while hunting the demons that killed his family.

4.55

600 000+

🏛️ Magical Academy 📖 Frame Narrative 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

Viisaan miehen pelko

Kvothe helps a dying king win a bride while hunting the demons that killed his family.

kirjoittanut Patrick Rothfuss 2011 994 sivua

4.55

600 000+ arvostelua

🏛️ Magical Academy 📖 Frame Narrative 🎭 Unreliable Narrator

The Last Cuentista

kirjoittanut Donna Barba Higuera • 2021

A storyteller wakes on a colony ship to find the rulers erased every memory but hers.

4.04

28 000+

🚀 Generational Starship 🧠 Memory Erasure 📖 Story As Resistance

The Last Cuentista

A storyteller wakes on a colony ship to find the rulers erased every memory but hers.

kirjoittanut Donna Barba Higuera 2021 320 sivua

4.04

28 000+ arvostelua

🚀 Generational Starship 🧠 Memory Erasure 📖 Story As Resistance

Pohjoismainen mytologia

kirjoittanut Neil Gaiman • 2017

From ice and fire, the Norse gods built a world they already knew would burn.

4.10

300 000+

🪓 Norse Myth Retelling 🦊 Trickster Tales ⚡ Inevitable Prophecy

Pohjoismainen mytologia

From ice and fire, the Norse gods built a world they already knew would burn.

kirjoittanut Neil Gaiman 2017 301 sivua

4.10

300 000+ arvostelua

🪓 Norse Myth Retelling 🦊 Trickster Tales ⚡ Inevitable Prophecy

The Handbook of Yoruba Religious Concepts

kirjoittanut Baba Ifa Karade • 1994

Yoruba faith: one God, many Orishas, divination, and the code of balanced character.

4.24

500+

🌍 Yoruba Religion 🕯️ Orisha Traditions 🔮 Divination Systems

The Handbook of Yoruba Religious Concepts

Yoruba faith: one God, many Orishas, divination, and the code of balanced character.

kirjoittanut Baba Ifa Karade 1994 144 sivua

4.24

500+ arvostelua

🌍 Yoruba Religion 🕯️ Orisha Traditions 🔮 Divination Systems

The Adventures of Robin Hood

kirjoittanut Roger Lancelyn Green • 1956

A nobleman outlawed at his wedding gathers rebels in Sherwood to fight a tyrant prince's rule.

4.07

14 000+

🎵 Ballad Retelling 🏹 Outlaw Band 🦊 Trickster Hero

The Adventures of Robin Hood

A nobleman outlawed at his wedding gathers rebels in Sherwood to fight a tyrant prince's rule.

kirjoittanut Roger Lancelyn Green 1956 320 sivua

4.07

14 000+ arvostelua

🎵 Ballad Retelling 🏹 Outlaw Band 🦊 Trickster Hero

The Element Encyclopedia of 5000 Spells

kirjoittanut Judika Illes • 2004

Five thousand spells from every corner of the world, organized for every human need.

4.30

3 000+

📚 Spell Encyclopedias 🌿 Folk Magic Traditions 🌱 Magical Herbalism

The Element Encyclopedia of 5000 Spells

Five thousand spells from every corner of the world, organized for every human need.

kirjoittanut Judika Illes 2004 1100 sivua

4.30

3 000+ arvostelua

📚 Spell Encyclopedias 🌿 Folk Magic Traditions 🌱 Magical Herbalism

The Kalevala

kirjoittanut Elias Lönnrot • 1835

From a seabird's egg, the world is sung. An ancient sage reclaims the stolen sun.

4.05

6 000+

📜 National Epic 🌌 Creation Myth 🎶 Power Of Song

The Kalevala

From a seabird's egg, the world is sung. An ancient sage reclaims the stolen sun.

kirjoittanut Elias Lönnrot 1835 679 sivua

4.05

6 000+ arvostelua

📜 National Epic 🌌 Creation Myth 🎶 Power Of Song

Orishas, Goddesses, and Voodoo Queens

kirjoittanut Lilith Dorsey • 2020

Oshún, Yemaya, Oya: meet the divine women at the heart of Africa's diaspora religions.

4.13

500+

🕯️ African Diaspora Religions 🔮 Orisha Traditions 🌸 Divine Feminine

Orishas, Goddesses, and Voodoo Queens

Oshún, Yemaya, Oya: meet the divine women at the heart of Africa's diaspora religions.

kirjoittanut Lilith Dorsey 2020 240 sivua

4.13

500+ arvostelua

🕯️ African Diaspora Religions 🔮 Orisha Traditions 🌸 Divine Feminine

The Arabian Nights

kirjoittanut Anonymous

A bride delays her execution by spinning stories a murderous sultan cannot bear to leave unfinished.

4.01

4 000+

🖋️ Frame Narrative 🌙 Middle Eastern Folklore 🧞 Genies And Magic Lamps

The Arabian Nights

A bride delays her execution by spinning stories a murderous sultan cannot bear to leave unfinished.

kirjoittanut Anonymous 982 sivua

4.01

4 000+ arvostelua

🖋️ Frame Narrative 🌙 Middle Eastern Folklore 🧞 Genies And Magic Lamps

The Underneath

kirjoittanut Kathi Appelt • 2008

A calico cat, a chained hound, and their hidden kittens, as an ancient snake spirit stirs.

3.99

11 000+

🐾 Animal Point Of View 🌿 Southern Gothic 🐕 Animal Found Family

The Underneath

A calico cat, a chained hound, and their hidden kittens, as an ancient snake spirit stirs.

kirjoittanut Kathi Appelt 2008 313 sivua

3.99

11 000+ arvostelua

🐾 Animal Point Of View 🌿 Southern Gothic 🐕 Animal Found Family

Satuja

kirjoittanut Jacob Grimm • 1812

Witches, wolves, and wishes: the original fairy tales, as strange and dark as folklore itself.

4.23

200 000+

🖤 Dark Fairy Tales 👑 Wicked Stepmother 🌲 Enchanted Forest

Satuja

Witches, wolves, and wishes: the original fairy tales, as strange and dark as folklore itself.

kirjoittanut Jacob Grimm 1812 153 sivua

4.23

200 000+ arvostelua

🖤 Dark Fairy Tales 👑 Wicked Stepmother 🌲 Enchanted Forest

مامان و معنی زندگی

kirjoittanut Irvin D. Yalom • 1999

From Zeus to Thor, the timeless stories of gods and heroes that shaped the Western world.

4.07

11 000+

🏛️ Classical Mythology ⚔️ Norse Mythology 🌍 Comparative Mythology

مامان و معنی زندگی

From Zeus to Thor, the timeless stories of gods and heroes that shaped the Western world.

kirjoittanut Irvin D. Yalom 1999 13 sivua

4.07

11 000+ arvostelua

🏛️ Classical Mythology ⚔️ Norse Mythology 🌍 Comparative Mythology

Golem ja henki

kirjoittanut Helene Wecker • 2013

A masterless golem and a bound jinni hide among the immigrants of 1899 New York.

4.13

100 000+

📚 Historical Fantasy ✡️ Jewish Folklore 🌟 Jinni Mythology

Golem ja henki

A masterless golem and a bound jinni hide among the immigrants of 1899 New York.

kirjoittanut Helene Wecker 2013 486 sivua

4.13

100 000+ arvostelua

📚 Historical Fantasy ✡️ Jewish Folklore 🌟 Jinni Mythology

The Bone Houses

kirjoittanut Emily Lloyd-Jones • 2019

When the dead rise, a gravedigger and a mapmaker journey into cursed mountains to break a spell.

3.99

26 000+

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Welsh Folklore Fantasy ⚰️ Gravedigger Heroine 💀 Curse Of Resurrection

The Bone Houses

When the dead rise, a gravedigger and a mapmaker journey into cursed mountains to break a spell.

kirjoittanut Emily Lloyd-Jones 2019 335 sivua

3.99

26 000+ arvostelua

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Welsh Folklore Fantasy ⚰️ Gravedigger Heroine 💀 Curse Of Resurrection

The Last Goddess

kirjoittanut Kateřina Tučková • 2022

An ethnographer mines secret police files to learn why the state destroyed her folk-healer aunt.

4.02

8 000+

🔮 Folk Healing 📜 Archival Mystery 🐍 Family Curse Saga

The Last Goddess

An ethnographer mines secret police files to learn why the state destroyed her folk-healer aunt.

kirjoittanut Kateřina Tučková 2022 421 sivua

4.02

8 000+ arvostelua

🔮 Folk Healing 📜 Archival Mystery 🐍 Family Curse Saga

Stone Soup

kirjoittanut Marcia Brown • 1947

A village hides its food from three soldiers, who then start cooking dinner from stones.

4.25

46 000+

🦊 Trickster Tale 🧠 Clever Ruse 🏘️ Village Life

Stone Soup

A village hides its food from three soldiers, who then start cooking dinner from stones.

kirjoittanut Marcia Brown 1947 48 sivua

4.25

46 000+ arvostelua

🦊 Trickster Tale 🧠 Clever Ruse 🏘️ Village Life

Amintiri din copilărie

kirjoittanut Ion Creangă • 1971

A Romanian boy's childhood: mischief, family, and the story of a man who tricked Death.

3.78

7 000+

🌾 Rural Childhood 🃏 Trickster Tales ⚰️ Outwitting Death

Amintiri din copilărie

A Romanian boy's childhood: mischief, family, and the story of a man who tricked Death.

kirjoittanut Ion Creangă 1971 130 sivua

3.78

7 000+ arvostelua

🌾 Rural Childhood 🃏 Trickster Tales ⚰️ Outwitting Death

The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye

kirjoittanut A.S. Byatt • 1994

A narratologist frees a djinn in Istanbul: three wishes, each one costing a piece of him.

3.85

4 000+

🖋️ Literary Fairy Tales 🔄 Fairy Tale Subversion 📖 Nested Narratives

The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye

A narratologist frees a djinn in Istanbul: three wishes, each one costing a piece of him.

kirjoittanut A.S. Byatt 1994 274 sivua

3.85

4 000+ arvostelua

🖋️ Literary Fairy Tales 🔄 Fairy Tale Subversion 📖 Nested Narratives

The First Ghosts

kirjoittanut Irving Finkel • 2021

Ghosts are ancient, but Mesopotamia left the first written rules for living with the restless dead.

4.01

499

🏛️ Mesopotamian History ⛪ Ancient Religion ⚱️ Death And Burial

The First Ghosts

Ghosts are ancient, but Mesopotamia left the first written rules for living with the restless dead.

kirjoittanut Irving Finkel 2021 334 sivua

4.01

499 arvostelua

🏛️ Mesopotamian History ⛪ Ancient Religion ⚱️ Death And Burial

Silver in the Wood

kirjoittanut Emily Tesh • 2019

An ancient forest guardian falls for a folklore scholar, but the equinox stirs a hungry spirit.

3.98

24 000+

🌳 Mythic Woodland 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🌙 Lyrical Fantasy

Silver in the Wood

An ancient forest guardian falls for a folklore scholar, but the equinox stirs a hungry spirit.

kirjoittanut Emily Tesh 2019 112 sivua

3.98

24 000+ arvostelua

🌳 Mythic Woodland 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🌙 Lyrical Fantasy

Dracul

kirjoittanut Dacre Stoker • 2018

Before he wrote Dracula, Bram Stoker was saved by a nanny who slept in earth.

4.14

19 000+

🏚️ Irish Gothic 📜 Epistolary Horror 🩸 Tragic Vampire

Dracul

Before he wrote Dracula, Bram Stoker was saved by a nanny who slept in earth.

kirjoittanut Dacre Stoker 2018 497 sivua

4.14

19 000+ arvostelua

🏚️ Irish Gothic 📜 Epistolary Horror 🩸 Tragic Vampire

The Ghost Woods

kirjoittanut C.J. Cooke • 2022

A decaying Scottish manor hides unwed mothers and a curse of living rot that consumes them all.

3.91

9 000+

🏚️ Folk Horror 🏰 Gothic Manor 🍄 Fungal Body Horror

The Ghost Woods

A decaying Scottish manor hides unwed mothers and a curse of living rot that consumes them all.

kirjoittanut C.J. Cooke 2022 408 sivua

3.91

9 000+ arvostelua

🏚️ Folk Horror 🏰 Gothic Manor 🍄 Fungal Body Horror

The Viking Spirit

kirjoittanut Daniel McCoy • 2016

Why the Norse gods reflected a doomed world, not a moral one.

4.15

1 000+

❄️ Norse Myths 🛡️ Viking Culture ⚡ Old Norse Religion

The Viking Spirit

Why the Norse gods reflected a doomed world, not a moral one.

kirjoittanut Daniel McCoy 2016 317 sivua

4.15

1 000+ arvostelua

❄️ Norse Myths 🛡️ Viking Culture ⚡ Old Norse Religion

Santa Muerte

kirjoittanut Tracey Rollin • 2017

The skeleton saint the Church condemns and millions adore: a practical guide to working with her.

3.90

245

💀 Folk Catholicism 🌵 Mexican Folk Magic 🦴 Death Magic

Santa Muerte

The skeleton saint the Church condemns and millions adore: a practical guide to working with her.

kirjoittanut Tracey Rollin 2017 256 sivua

3.90

245 arvostelua

💀 Folk Catholicism 🌵 Mexican Folk Magic 🦴 Death Magic

Walking in Two Worlds

kirjoittanut Wab Kinew • 2021

A Native teen rules a VR world with sacred magic, but a hateful clan needs her erased.

3.47

1 000+

🖥️ Indigenous Futurism 🎮 Virtual Reality Fantasy 💔 Enemies To Lovers

Walking in Two Worlds

A Native teen rules a VR world with sacred magic, but a hateful clan needs her erased.

kirjoittanut Wab Kinew 2021 296 sivua

3.47

1 000+ arvostelua

🖥️ Indigenous Futurism 🎮 Virtual Reality Fantasy 💔 Enemies To Lovers

The Gathering Dark

kirjoittanut Tori Bovalino • 2022

Teen girls battle cursed houses and hungry forests in folk horror stories where trauma grows teeth.

3.53

4 000+

🌒 Folk Horror 🌈 Queer Horror 🩸 Generational Trauma

The Gathering Dark

Teen girls battle cursed houses and hungry forests in folk horror stories where trauma grows teeth.

kirjoittanut Tori Bovalino 2022 272 sivua

3.53

4 000+ arvostelua

🌒 Folk Horror 🌈 Queer Horror 🩸 Generational Trauma

When the Sky Fell

kirjoittanut Rand Flem-Ath • 1995

Ancient maps reveal an ice-free Antarctica. The civilization that charted it may still be there.

3.92

278

⚱️ Lost Civilizations 📜 Alternative History 🌊 Catastrophism

When the Sky Fell

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