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For more international tale options, see the "Collected Tales" tab under the "Folk Literature from Worldwide Traditions" heading on the "Literary Sources" page of this guide.
Collections of Folktales
An Anthology of Russian Folk Epics
James Bailey & Tatyana Ivanova, editors
1998
Norse Myths
Kevin Crossley-Holland
1980
The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
Jacob Grimm & Wilhelm Grimm
1812
Celtic Fairy Tales
Joseph Jacobs
1892
The Fairy Books of Many Colors
Andrew Lang
1889 - 1913, 12 volumes
See also: Selections in Nineteenth Century Collections Online
The Classic Fairy Tales
Maria Tatar, editor
1999
One Hundred Favorite Folktales
Stith Thompson, editor
1976
The Classic of Poetry
Chu Binjie, editor
1999
Irish Fairy and Folk Tales
William Butler Yeats
1918, c2003
The Great Fairy Tale Tradition
Jack Zipes, editor
2001
The Nibelungenlied
A.T. Hatto, editor
1969
The Saga of the Volsungs
Jesse L. Byock, editor
1990
The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki
Jesse L. Byock, editor
1998
The Prose Edda
Snorri Sturluson
c. 1220
The Mabinogion
Sioned Davies, editor
2008
For a more accessible, modernized translation written in collaboration with a playwright, try The Four Branches of the Mabinogi, by Celtic Studies scholar Matthieu Boyd (a Ph.D. graduate of Harvard's department of Celtic Languages and Literatures). This volume is especially recommended for newcomers to the Mabinogion.
One Thousand and One Nights
Malcolm C. Lyons & Ursula Lyons, editors
2007
African Folktales
Paul Radin, editor
1964
Cajun and Creole Folktales
Barry Jean Ancelet
1994
