Modern Fantasy Novels based on Non-Western Mythology or Folklore

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aulsmith, Cecrow, souloftherose, spiphany
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aulsmith: Chinese
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souloftherose, Dilara86, spacehedgy
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Dilara86: Arab mythology, djinns
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aulsmith, Dilara86
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aulsmith: African and African-Caribbean
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aulsmith, spacehedgy
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aulsmith: Hindu and Buddhist
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aulsmith, spacehedgy
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aulsmith: I don't remember any magic, but it's definitely got elements from the Arabian Nights.
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Cecrow, spacehedgy
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Cecrow, spacehedgy
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souloftherose, spacehedgy
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souloftherose: Based on a Senagalese folktale
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Cecrow, spacehedgy
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Cecrow, spacehedgy
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aulsmith
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aulsmith: Mostly an alternate history, but when Robinson is switching time periods, he places the characters in an between-life place based on Buddhist mythology.
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Cecrow
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Cecrow
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Cecrow
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aulsmith
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aulsmith: Egyptian
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aulsmith
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aulsmith: African-Caribbean
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Cecrow
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535 leden
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aulsmith
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aulsmith: Chinese
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473 leden
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Cecrow
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225 leden
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Cecrow
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spiphany
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spiphany: Aztec
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aulsmith
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aulsmith: I found this too episodic, but the allusions to Chinese mythology were interesting.