Modern Fantasy Novels based on Non-Western Mythology or Folklore

aulsmith: Chinese

Dilara86: Arab mythology, djinns

aulsmith: African and African-Caribbean

aulsmith: Hindu and Buddhist

aulsmith: I don't remember any magic, but it's definitely got elements from the Arabian Nights.

souloftherose: Based on a Senagalese folktale

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.

aulsmith: African-Caribbean

aulsmith: Egyptian

aulsmith: Chinese

KSnapdragon: Set in South Africa, the story is an urban fantasy with creatures from African mythology.

spiphany: Aztec

aulsmith: I found this too episodic, but the allusions to Chinese mythology were interesting.

KSnapdragon: African