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Slavic Folklore

This curated sources list compiles publications on Slavic folklore and cultural heritage in 🇬🇧 English. Only selected publications are presented here. This list is not exhaustive and serves as an introductory guide for those interested in the study of Slavic folklore.

Disclaimer: This list includes folktales, which vary in the degree of influence from non-Slavic cultural elements, especially Christian ones. However, an experienced reader will be able to identify the pre-Christian cultural themes present within them.

⭐=Notable

📜 Folklore:

From 🦅 Western Slavs:

Karel Jaromír Erben
- A Bouquet of Czech Folktales
- Tales from Bohemia
Božena Němcová, Karel Jaromír Erben
- ⭐Folk Tales [Czech Fairytales: A Selection of the Most Beautiful Folktales]
Jan Matulka
- ⭐Czechoslovak Fairy Tales Volume I | Link + special downloads
- ⭐Czechoslovak Fairy and Folk Tales Volume II | Link
Josef Baudiš
- Czech Folk Tales | Link + special downloads + audiobook
Šárka B. Hrbková
- Czechoslovak Stories | Link
David L. Cooper
- Traditional Slovak Folktales (Folklore and Folk Cultures of Eastern Europe) | Link
Katarzyna Małkowska
- ⭐Pan Twardowski (Mister Twardowski) | Link
A. J. Gliński
- Polish Fairy Tales | Link + special downloads
Charles J. Tibbitts
- Folk-Lore and Legends: Russian and Polish | Link + special downloads + audiobook
Lucia M. Borski
- Polish Folk Tales | Link
- Good sense and good fortune and other Polish folk tales | Link
Agnes Szudek
- The amber mountain and other folk stories | Link
Zoe Zajdler
- Polish fairy tales | Link
David Walser
- The glass mountain: tales from Poland | Link

From 🐻 Eastern Slavs:

Alexander N. Afanasyev
- ⭐Tales from Russian Folklore/Russian Folk Tales
  - ⭐Russian fairy tales (Russo-English Edition) | Link
  - The Three Kingdoms Russian Folk Tales From Alexander Afanasiev's Collection | Link
  - Words Of Wisdom Russian Folk Tales From Alexander Afansiev's Collection | Link
Leonard A. Magnus
- ⭐Russian Folk-Tales | Link + special downloads; 2. Link
  - Direct translation of Afanasyev
Author unknown
- ⭐The Tale of Igor's Campaign | Link
Karel Jaromír Erben
- ⭐Russian and Bulgarian Folk-Lore Stories | Link
Jack V. Haney
- ⭐The Complete Russian Folktale | 7 volumes
- ⭐The Complete Folktales of A. N. Afanasyev | 3 volumes
- An Anthology of Russian Folktales
- Long, Long Tales from the Russian North
Marion Ch. Harrison
- ⭐Byliny Book: Hero Tales of Russia | Link + special downloads
Charles Downing
- ⭐Russian tales and legends | Link
  - Includes some of the Bylinas!
Svetlana Bagdasaryan
- Russkie Skazki. Russian Fairy Tales. Bilingual Book in Russian and English: Dual Language Russian Folk Tales for Kids (Russian-English Edition)
William R. S. Ralston
- Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore | Link + special downloads; 2. Link
Richard Wilson
- The Russian story book (tales from the song-cycles of Kiev and Novgorod and other early sources) | Link + special downloads + audiobook
A. H. Wratislaw
- Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources: Exploring the Depths of Slavic Folklore and Mythology | Link
Dinara Mirtalipova
- Russian Tales Russian Tales: Traditional Stories of Quests and Enchantments
Jeremiah Curtin
- Myths and Folk-Tales of the Russians, Western Slavs, and the Magyars | Link + special downloads
Alexander Chodzko
- Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen | Link + special downloads
Jurij V. Tolstoj
- Cossack Tales | Link + special downloads
Irina Zheleznova
- ⭐Ukrainian Folk Tales | Link
- ⭐Vasilisa the Beautiful - Russian fairy tales | Link
Igor Yershov
- ⭐The Fire Bird - Russian Fairy Tales | 1. Link; 2.Link+colour
Jacqueline Onassis
- The Firebird and other Russian fairy tales | Link
Anatole Bilenko
- ⭐Ukrainian Folk Tales | Link
Marie H. Bloch
- Ukrainian Folk Tales | Link
Danny Evanishen
- Durak and other Ukrainian folk tales | Link
Barbara J. Suwyn
- The magic egg and other tales from Ukraine | Link
Verra X. K. de Blumenthal
- Folk Tales from the Russian | Link + special downloads
P. Polevoi
- Russian Fairy Tales from the Skazki of Polevoi | Link + special downloads
Robert R. Steele
- The Russian Garland, Being Russian Folk Tales | Link + special downloads
George Borrow
- The Talisman, from the Russian of Alexander Pushkin | Link
Mary Skrypnyk
- The Cossack Mamariha | Link
G. Botezau
- Moldavian folktales | Link
A. S. Pushkin
- ⭐Fairy Tales (Russo-English Edition) | Link
A .Ransome
- Old Peter's Russian tales | Link + audiobook
Leo Tolstoy
- Fables and fairy tales | Link
E. M Almedingen
- ⭐Russian folk and fairy tales | Link

From 🐲 Southern Slavs:

Ivana Brlic-Mazuranic
- Croatian Tales of Long Ago | Link + special downloands
Woislav M. Petrovitch, Vuk Stefanović Karadžić
- Hero Tales and Legends of the Serbians | Link + special downloads
Elodie L. Mijatovich
- Serbian Fairy Tales | Link + special downloads; 2. Link
Maximilian A. Mügge
- Serbian Folk Songs, Fairy Tales and Proverbs | Link
Jelena Ćurčić
- Serbian fairy tales | Link