Top Ten Books on Mythology and Folklore.

[@TheStoryCrow]

Check out my online bookstore for some of these books at uk.bookshop.org/shop/CrowBooks, for the ones that aren't; there are Amazon links in the description (Sorry) or GET THEE TO A LIBRARY!

[@michelle.uncensored]

Both your links for Martin Shaw's books go to Wiltshire Folk Tales

[@PokemonEnjoyer1]

On the off chance anyone here is interested in slavic myths and folklore, “The Slavic Myths” by Noah Charney and Svetlana Slapšak is really good, it has a cool structure of telling you the story and then providing an analysis. Also doesn’t focus entirely on Eastern Slavs and completely ignore Southern Slavs like a lot of books on the topic tend to do.

[@TheStoryCrow]

Great recommendation, always want to know more about the Slavic myths. Cheers!

[@petersmedley459]

Agreed! Fabulous book, I romped through it.

[@PokemonEnjoyer1]

@@TheStoryCrow I love learning about myths!! definitely gonna keep an eye out for the books mentioned here. your videos are always top tier

[@Tom-sd9jb]

Fantastic! Thanks for this. My grandad is south slav and I'd love to know more Slavic folklore!

[@Crecganford]

A solid list, love the Lore of the Land, Alan Garner especially.

[@TheStoryCrow]

Alan garner’s old stuff is so delightful eh? ☺️

[@FireMoon42]

Thank you, Alan Garner had a profound effect on the young me in the late 1960s through The Owl Service and other works. You'd have been a blast on Jackanory... You might enjoy the Liminal Earth map online. Anyone can add to it in numerous categories.

[@TheStoryCrow]

He’s great. Haven’t read much of his fiction though. Probably should. Ha. Jackanory. A friend calls me Jackanory 😂🙏 I’ll check out liminal earth thanks for the recommendation 👍

[@shalyndaw2048]

My suggested book is Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes. She is a cantadora, a keeper of stories and a Jungian analysist. Her story telling is beautiful. Her depth analysis is a guide to the underworld of personal myth and has helped me through some really tough times. It's a book you can dip into as and when. She writes about the feminine and so can be read by men as well as women. Thank Story Crow for your wonderful storytelling. Where could I find you telling stories live? 😁

[@TheStoryCrow]

Ah yes, been a while since I read that. ‘If women rose rooted’ is another you might like in a similar vein. Sharon Blackie. Thanks for your words. There’s a few early videos of my live storytelling on the ‘trickster makes this world’ playlist on my channel. As well as ‘three Celtic folktales’ Im you mean actually live, then my next is at the beltaine celebrations at Butser Ancient Farm in the uk in May (obviously) And more in bath and Bristol later in the year

[@jeanetteharris2211]

Yes another to 10! I love to read mythology books!

[@TheStoryCrow]

Alrighty then!

[@suzycreamchez123]

Thank you. I've purchased a few while listening. I have a couple of them that i love: Folklore Myths and Legends of the British Isles and London Lore. The first I searched high and low for and paid a pretty penny. The second i found at a book sale.

[@TheStoryCrow]

You did well finding that, it’s hard to find these days. Treasure it. 🙏☺️🐦‍⬛

[@gorbalsboy]

That room is fantastic,talk about telling a tale,😊all the best from sunny Troon Scotland

[@Psmith-ek5hq]

Got the first one. Bought it for £2.25 from a local charity shop about 8 years ago. Very good condition. They're going for £100 upwards!

[@TheStoryCrow]

Mine is in a right old state 🤣

[@BeatrixBetwixt]

Yay yes! Thank you for your wonderful list. Also would love one for worldwide folklore in the future.♥️📚

[@TheStoryCrow]

Will make one then! Thanks for watching 🙏☺️📚

[@VondaInWonderland]

This was a great video. I was scrolling through eBay wiltst watching. I'll need to go back and take more time with it. I love books on folktales. I have a book called The Fairy Faith In Celtic Countries, that is in such great condition that I dare not read it. I'm going to buy a new copy so that it won't feel a waste. I have lots of old childrens books that are also quite great. I'm excited to buy some of the books on your list 🕊️🕊️🕊️

[@ekurisona663]

just found your channel - thank you for this list and resource - very happy to be here 🌱

[@TheStoryCrow]

Thanks for stopping by 🙏♥️☺️

[@stephenwirtz2057]

Novels, stories, and plays by Lord Dunsany (Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett---7/24/1878-10/25/57---), 18th Baron of Dunsany. Most of his works are fantasy heavily grounded in myth. Dunsany worked with W.B. Yeats and Lady Gregory who were involved with the Abbey Theater. "The King of Elfland's Daughter" is one of his best loved works.

[@jeanetteharris2211]

Thanks for the great recommendations!

[@TheStoryCrow]

Any time ☺️🙏

[@silvafox8371]

Thank you sir , great recommendations , ill deffo be adding several titles to my book case - and yes please more

[@hArtyTruffle]

Ah, I just returned from the first part of one of John and Caitlin Matthews courses and I have John’s book about Taliesin and that London Lore book too! I’m on the right path :) I’ll have to get myself a couple of those other books. Thanks :)

[@richardkeep1974]

Great video thank you. I only have one of these books and that is Folklore Myths and Legends of Britain. I found it in a charity shop some time ago. I absolutely love it. I love the way it shows the various myths and legends by area. I've been interested in folklore etc from a very young age and still enjoy reading about them. Keep up the great work. I'd love to see what other books you have ❤

[@TheStoryCrow]

You hold a treasure. That book seems to be worth a literal fortune now. And to find it in a charity shop is very fine. It found you perhaps ☺️

[@richardkeep1974]

@@TheStoryCrow I just had a look online at prices and I was gobsmacked

[@TheStoryCrow]

Me too !

[@realdarkoarts4696]

I’ve meant to ask for this on the last dozen or so videos, but I keep watching on the tv so it’s hard to comment. You read my mind! ( Or at least all the other people presumably asking 😂)

[@TheStoryCrow]

Ah I’m so glad. If it’s popular I’ll do another, I got book recommendation coming out me ear holes 😂 thanks for watching 🙏☺️

[@EnchantressOfAvalon]

Great list! So glad you included Grimm and Campbell and mentioned Jung (I have an associate degree in psychology and always preferred Jung to Freud). John and Caitlin Matthews are such influential writers in Celtic spirituality, so love that you featured them as well! As for most influential in my own life, I would personally have to say ‘The Mabinogion’ (I use the Sioned Davies translation, but the Guest is also great) and also ‘Vita Merlini’ and ‘Sir Gawain and the Green Knight’ (albeit more a standalone tale than a collection)!

[@TheStoryCrow]

Yes, I use that translation of the Mabinogion too. Ah the life of Merlin! Great stuff. Geoffrey of Monmouth wasn’t it? You know, I might do more of a wholly Celtic themed one of these… thanks for watching my friend 🙏

[@EnchantressOfAvalon]

@@TheStoryCrow a wholly Celtic one would be awesome!

[@anidiquaojala1804]

Brilliant ❣️

[@TheStoryCrow]

🙏☺️📚

[@antonyllewellyn2364]

What about Robert Grave's The White Goddess or at a stretch Harry Slochower's Mythopoesis?

[@TheStoryCrow]

The white goddess is a great shout. Might do another list with less of a focus on folklore and more on history and religion 👍

[@AntoinetteTarot]

Well, this one brought your video into my feed. Thoroughly enjoyed hearing about these books. Thank you.

[@TheStoryCrow]

Glad to hear it. Welcome aboard 🙏☺️

[@andyowens-kirk8309]

Great list, and some to definitely to add to my list read list. I'm surprised you didn't mention The Mabinogion given you've told the legend of Ceridwyn and Taliesin on your channel. Look forward to your next list, and keep up the great content. Blessed be. /|\

[@TheStoryCrow]

I nearly did, but felt it’s appeal might be a bit specific, plus I was going for more ‘collections’. Might do another Celtic booklist though, and it will definitely be on that one!

[@jackpayne4658]

Those are excellent choices - I've read about half of them. But if I had to recommend just one book, it would be Idries Shah's 'World Tales'. Better known as a teacher in the Sufi tradition, Shah also collected folk-tales from all over the world. 'World Tales' includes sixty-five stories, ranging in length from several paragraphs to several pages. Many are familiar tales told in unfamiliar contexts, illustrating the extraordinary coincidence of themes across cultures. My own favourite is the Algonquin Indian version of 'Cinderella' - a truly magical tale.

[@TheStoryCrow]

Great suggestion. I’ve had my feelers out for that one for a while. It’s usually just too much money online. Idries shah’s ‘caravan of dreams’ is gorgeous too. More Arabian and Sufi stuff as you say. I built a storytelling show with it as the main inspiration 🐫 🌙✨

[@TheStoryCrow]

Haha, I just had a browse and picked one up for a few bob. Well chuffed. Thanks for putting that back on my radar 👍

[@jackpayne4658]

I hope you tracked down one of the original illustrated editions. The pictures, by various talented artists, are as varied and fascinating as the tales. More recent editions aren't illustrated - which is a shame, as it reduces the impact. @@TheStoryCrow

[@TheStoryCrow]

Yeah, it looked like it was one of the old ones. You’re right, the older editions are smashers 👍☺️

[@JennieJuniper]

I've got some wonderful new&pre-owned bookshops in my area, I'm on a mission to hunt down a copy of Folklore, Myths and Legends of Britain for my collection!!

[@TheStoryCrow]

Good luck Jennie, it’s a real treasure ✨🧙🏾‍♀️🦌☘️🌊📚

[@joandrummond524]

Thank you so much again. I love reading 📚 books and looking forward to going hunting for these wonderful books x

[@TheStoryCrow]

Glad to hear it. Happy hunting 📚☺️✨

[@sandiemilthorpe8542]

More books please well just more of everything a cup of coffee story crow and a wildlife garden to sit in what more do I need great stuff.

[@TheStoryCrow]

Sounds delightful ☺️ ☕️ Alright, a new book video coming….. later in the year 😉

[@adelemarieish]

so enjoyed this countdown and have written ehrm them all down. The search begins.

[@TheStoryCrow]

Good luck👍📚

[@alisonwedd9750]

Have you explored your own country’s Moyra Caldecott, say her “Winged Man”? Just popped up here, in my reading stacks…I raised 8 home schooled on a home stead, then Waldorf kids so I have quite a library! #gratitude!

[@TheStoryCrow]

I hadn’t, thanks for the recommendation - she looks interesting

[@markdpricemusic1574]

An old Lancashire legend says if you don't click 'like' and leave a votive comment, the faer folk steal your index fingers.

[@brandyjean7015]

🤣

[@TheStoryCrow]

I’ve read that one! 😂

[@D-777i]

Some great books there! Martin Shaw is great and I've been listening to him quite a lot over the last year or so. He has a very interesting and strange story on how he came back to Christianity.

[@TheStoryCrow]

It’s quite a story I agree

[@dubccoverseer]

The first one (readers digest) paid £30+ for my first copy and then found another for £2 in a charity book sale so it pays to keep your eyes open! Luckily they’re different editons

[@TheStoryCrow]

Yeah this. Sometimes the book gods are with you. When I was looking at links for the books I talk about. The pocket sized Alan Garner one called ‘The Guizer’. It was £50 on Amazon. A retro classic obviously. And yet I found it for 50 p in a charity shop some years ago. There’s a kind of magic in how some books find their way into your life, and others live behind a paywall 😂

[@dubccoverseer]

@@TheStoryCrow yup I havent done any charity shop runs for a while.. but have scored some good books on celtic mythology from them in the past. my bargain readers digest came from a seasonal bookshop the rotary club open in watchet harbour (i'm in Somerset). online the bookfinder site is great as it searches across the usual suspects.I always check out the random bus shelter book shops and national trust book nooks just in case!

[@marcoperez1794]

Great list! The very first book caught my attention - I'd noticed it in the background in some of your other videos. When I was at uni in the 80s my girlfriend had a copy of the exact same edition. We called it 'The Tome' and had many amusing hours going through its great atmospheric stories. We travelled to Cambridgeshire to see one of the chalk drawings featured, but when we got there found out the photo in the book was of a temporary reconstruction and there was nothing to see, hehe! So worth checking the current status of the sites featured before visiting to avoid our pratfall, hehe!😉.

[@TheStoryCrow]

Yes, it’s a bit like that for me too. Always in the truck, like a bible. You must have had some grand adventures ☺️

[@JoseyBDigital86]

I had an illustrated book on Gnomes when I was a kid but it must've fell apart or was stolen by Gnomes or something. Anyway I checked out your video on Gnomes where you introduced the tale but it didn't actually lead to the story. I can't seem to find the link in this description but I'll try a bit harder in a minute. I was impressed by your van though. It looked really clean and not rusty but also seemed to have been parked there for a while as the saplings had seemed to grow up around it. Then again, it was filmed in summer.

[@JoseyBDigital86]

Found it when I hid the transcript.

[@TheStoryCrow]

Glad you found it. I remember that book…

[@Eriugena8]

Thanks Es Crow

[@TheStoryCrow]

Pleasure 🙏👍

[@dannyshepherd8950]

I bought the folk story’s of Wiltshire is really cool 🙂

[@TheStoryCrow]

Yeah, I like it. Especially for the bibliography 👍🙏😉

[@hArtyTruffle]

Do you have any tales from the Isles of Scilly?

[@TheStoryCrow]

Don’t think so. Although youve intrigued me now 😂

[@michelle.uncensored]

I've got the Grim collection of stories before they were sanitised for children. Stopped the video and went and found The king and the corpse on ebay Australia for $10.

[@TheStoryCrow]

Nice job. It’s slow reading at times, but properly worth it 👍🙏

[@frankieberry]

Do you have a favorite myth or story?

[@TheStoryCrow]

That’s a really hard one. I think the whole Finn Mcool cycle is up there with me. Or the Odyssey. And a lot of wolverine stories. There’s too many for favourites 😅

[@davidfrancis9050]

🐐🐐🐐

[@Civilwar.relics]

Hopefully johan egerkrans is in this he is one of the best

[@TheStoryCrow]

😬

[@Civilwar.relics]

@@TheStoryCrow I don't understand every emoji meaning that one looks like keep your mouth shut, Johan egerkrans makes awesome folklore books, especially the Scandinavian and Germanic lore, his book väsen because it's so awesome there's a Nordic RPG game made after it, he hits on every type of little people, beasts, Nordic God's, he's just a great illustrator artist, dudes won several awards. I highly recommend his books they run from 80$ to $100 depending if you want autographed copies or not.

[@TheStoryCrow]

No no, I meant, sorry I didn’t include it. Not keep your mouth shut at all my friend! Thanks for the recommendation, I will check it out 🙏☺️

[@jeanetteharris2211]

I often read books from the young adults section. But most adults have lost their magic..

[@lucascollao9349]

bro only know british books xD

[@TheStoryCrow]

😂 Well, Joseph Campbell is American. And at least one is Irish and another two are German, technically. But fair point. I’ll do a broader booklist next time 😅

[@walkertongdee]

Lightweight folk tales not myth, clearly, he does not know the purpose of mythology.

[@TheStoryCrow]

That’s why it’s called books on mythology and FOLKLORE 😂 👍