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u/HistoriaNerdorum · 5 pointsr/folklore

Here's a list of sources, in English translation, for the stories I discussed in this video. All of them are public domain, and readily available in at least one edition on Wikisource. All of these stories can be found in their original languages as well.

Grimm's Cinderella, from a 1952 edition translated by Edgar Taylor and Marian Edwardes: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Grimm%27s_Household_Tales_(Edwardes)/Ashputtel

Grimm's Hansel and Gretel, from a 1952 edition translated by Edgar Taylor and Marian Edwardes:
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Grimm%27s_Household_Tales_(Edwardes)/Hansel_and_Grethel

Grimm's Sleeping Beauty, from a 1952 edition translated by Edgar Taylor and Marian Edwardes: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Grimm%27s_Household_Tales_(Edwardes)/Briar_Rose

Perault's Cinderella, from a 1901 translation by Charles Welsh:
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Tales_of_Mother_Goose/Cinderella,_or_the_Little_Glass_Slipper

Perrault's Sleeping Beauty, from a 1901 translation by Charles Welsh:
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Tales_of_Mother_Goose/The_Sleeping_Beauty_in_the_Wood

Giambattista Basile's Sun, Moon, and Talia, from an 1850 translation of the Pentamerone by John Edward Taylor:
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Pentamerone,_or_The_Story_of_Stories/Sun,_Moon_and_Talia

I had a much harder time tracking down the original, 1812 edition of the Grimm's stories along with the original introduction. The best I could find digitally was an edition translated by Oliver Loo and published in 2014. It's currently available on Amazon for just $3.00:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MMX1Z5W/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

If anyone would like a hand finding alternate translations of the sources, other versions of the stories, or the medieval art that inspired my drawings, feel free to send me a PM.

u/king_paerie · 2 pointsr/folklore

I did a search on this recently as well - and I ended up checking out Polish Folklore and Myth by Joanne Asala from my library's interlibrary-loan program. The stories were short but I enjoyed them - Asala included a wide breadth of tales - they weren't all childish or chivalrous either - which I enjoyed.
I'm still investigating other books...but I do recommend the one I listed above - it's a good starting point.

u/itsallfolklore · 2 pointsr/folklore

Magical Folk: British and Irish Fairies is due out any day (I wrote the chapter on Cornish piskies and knockers). The editors, Simon Young and Ceri Houbrook were hoping that it would provide something of an update for the excellent - but twenty-five-year-old - The Good People: New Fairylore Essays. One of the posts here recommended Katharine Briggs' Encyclopaedia, which is excellent. But it is an encyclopaedia so it is a source book more than an illumination - which may be what you seek.

u/Zachrist · 5 pointsr/folklore

Look no more!

I found it, but now that I have, I'm realizing the memory of what it actually was seems to have gone through the washer a few times. Looks like it was a collection of fairy tales from the Weimar Republic, not the Third Reich.

u/kickassatron · 2 pointsr/folklore

This one has some tips on interacting with them if that's what you're looking for
Enchantment of the Faerie Realm: Communicate with Nature Spirits & Elementals https://www.amazon.com/dp/0875420028/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_EG3eAbK55KQSA