10 Myth Retellings I Love That Are NOT Greek or Roman

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The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea: uk.bookshop.org/a/2086/978152...
Sistersong: tidd.ly/3KxAM9m
Burning Roses: tidd.ly/3KAck78
Daughter of the Moon Goddess: tidd.ly/3OkRJoA
The Wrath and the Dawn: uk.bookshop.org/a/2086/978147...
One Hundred Nights of Hero: tidd.ly/3QtwJyv
The Jumbies: tidd.ly/44mW3tV
The Snow Spider: tidd.ly/3QqszHQ
Aru Shah and the End of Time: uk.bookshop.org/a/2086/978140...
Savage Her Reply: tidd.ly/3Qx8kIj
Original Mythological Works Also Mentioned:
The Twa Sisters: sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/chil...
1001 Nights (this is just a selection of the stories): tidd.ly/45jbx2l
The Mabinogion: uk.bookshop.org/a/2086/978019...
The Mahabharata: amzn.to/3OqNCHI
The Children of Lir: archive.org/details/oieloinne...
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Greek Myths: Heroes and Heroines (adult): uk.bookshop.org/a/2086/978152...
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[@annar7184]

A great book with Finnish mythological creatures and folktale is Juhani Karila’s Summer fishing in Lapland. Kaikeyi is also an amazing mythology retelling

[@adrastea2]

I recently read Victory City by Salman Rushdie was such an lovely retelling from India.

[@kimswhims8435]

Pearl by Sian Hughes could be considered a retelling of the medieval poem by the same name. I loved it. Particularly the audiobook

[@maartjedegroot9598]

I’ve missed Burning roses, The jumbies, The snow spider and Savage her reply up until now. So I’ve put these on my list. Thank you.

[@mariahjhnsn]

Loved Daughter of the Moon Goddess! I also enjoyed reading The Witch’s Heart, Kaikeyi, and Morgan Is My Name (Arthurian legend).

[@JeansThoughts]

Kaikeyi is so high up on my TBR, I've heard such good things! I'm saving Morgan is My Name because I've just written an Arthurian inspired novel and think it would be better to read it when my own story isn't so fresh in my mind aha. I'm looking forward to getting to it eventually though!

[@ajwb2301]

my favourite is 'kurangaituku' which is a retelling of the māori myth of hatupatu and the birdwoman (aka kurangaituku)! it's told across multiple timelines/you can start the book from either end, and is very circular with time like a lot of māori korero are - highly recommend!

[@JeansThoughts]

Oh immediately added to my TBR! I hadn't heard of this one thank you so much!!

[@ajwb2301]

@@JeansThoughts i hope you enjoy if you get to it! it won the nz best fiction award last year; and i've honestly just been recommending it to everyone i see since i read it! :)

[@Nikki-tb4ku]

Was just about to comment this! Such an amazing book, can't recommend it enough

[@sabitsuita]

I'd recommend and would be very interested in hearing your thoughts on A Curse of Roses, by Diana Pinguincha. It's a folklore/ historical retelling of Portuguese history with sapphic overtones.

[@JeansThoughts]

Ooooh I've just looked this up and I've immediately popped it on my TBR, it sounds amazing! Thank you.

[@esparguete]

Literally came here to say this! ❤

[@gracetaylor7351]

Am interested to read the snow spider ! Love this video thanks jean.❤

[@JeansThoughts]

It's such a magical little book!

[@fionaclaffey-kelly3333]

I haven't read it yet but The Children of Gods and Fighting Men looks to be another very interesting Irish Mythology retelling

[@JeansThoughts]

Oooh I hadn't heard of this but it looks so good. I love that it includes the Fomorians, we never see them in fae inspired books, only ever the Tuatha Dé Danann it feels like.

[@patricklang3575]

Shahrnush Parsipur's epic Iranian novel Touba and the Meaning of Night features various characters from myth including Gilgamesh and others i wont mention as it would spoil it.

[@larzie1015]

A retelling I enjoyed is "The Witch's Heart" by Genevieve Gornichec which is a retelling of Angrboda's story from Norse myth. It has Sapphic rep and involves Loki which is always fun. Another one I read a while ago is "The Boneless Mercies" by April Genevieve Tucholke which is marketed as a genderbent retelling of Beowulf.

[@JeansThoughts]

A few people have mentioned A Witch's Heart, I really need to check it out. I haven't read enough norse myth retellings in general, especially when its one the mythologies there is a decent amount of retellings for.

[@hannahdaisy6905]

Kaikeyi and The Witch's Heart. Also really like the Viking Saga series by Tamara Goranson

[@badfaith4u]

Thank you for myth retelling books which are not Greek or Roman. Those two are so common. I loved that you included Hindu mythology. I'm from India so I appreciate that.

[@JeansThoughts]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it! I'd love to read more novels inspired by Hindu stories in the future, especially aimed at adults.

[@CallumRickard]

20:04 - omg The Snow Spider. I loved the TV adaptation back in the late 80s. I've got the trilogy in an omnibus paperback but have only read Snow Spider. I should get to the 2nd and 3rd one day!

[@JeansThoughts]

Yes!!!!! I don’t know anyone else who has read it aha.

[@emilylevine3583]

Gods of Jade and Shadow by Sylvia Moreno-Garcia features the Mayan God of Death. It was captivating

[@JeansThoughts]

I really like Moreno Garcia yet I have not read this! I need to sort that out.

[@Sad.Purple.unicorn]

Sistersong has been on my TBR for months. I really need to get to it

[@JeansThoughts]

It's sooooo good and I just saw there's a sequel coming which I hadn't expected.

[@jeannareadsbooks8475]

Are there any myths rom around the world (Greek / Roman or otherwise) that you think would make a great retelling but just aren't being picked up?

[@JeansThoughts]

Oh gosh there are so many I want to read but also I'd be lying if I knew for sure they didn't exist already aha - sometimes they're just hard to find or not getting the publicity or even translated into English. I'd love to read some more Mesopotamian retellings in general (there's one called Inanna just coming out I'm super exited for). I'd also LOVE a version of Rhiannon's story from the Welsh Mabinogion (I need to do some digging cause this might be out there), Pele's adventures from Hawaiian myth, and Isis' story from Ancient Egyptian myth. Alsoooo more novels inspired by the greek myth of Tiresias, they exist but I want more aha.

[@jenvcampbell]

Creatures of Passage by Merowa Yejide is an Isis/Osiris/Nephthys retelling ☺️ x

[@EmmaRiddle543]

Hi, sorry this is a bit off topic but I noticed in other videos you have a lot of books by female authors and the only female authors I have are Enid Blyton, Mary Shelley and Agatha Christie on my shelves. Who else would you recommend? 😊 Also I love myths and the history that’s surrounds them too. -Emma

[@brandinshaeffer8970]

If i had red hair i would never change it 😭 (I'm naturally blonde so I'm probably just biased against blonde lol. We want what we don't have i guess)

[@JeansThoughts]

Oh my hair isn’t naturally red if that’s what you mean aha. It’s brown :D