Tradition 35 of 35
Ancient religions, animism, and ritual
Ancient and traditional religious systems, animist and polytheist belief, deities, sacred rites, mystery cults, and historical ritual practices that contextualize magical and esoteric traditions.
Membership means relevance, not endorsement.
- Books
- 14,367
- Earliest
- 1100
- to 2026
- Read free
- 44%
- 6,362 with public full text
- With covers
- 49%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match4,877
- Metadata match260
- Query match9,225
- Source classification (retained through merging)5
Every placement records its evidence — the controlled subject queries that found the book at its sources and the bibliographic metadata retained through merging. Each book page shows its own. How the rationale system works.
Key subjects
- God2.1K
- Animals1.9K
- Early works to 18001.8K
- Juvenile fiction907
- Rites and ceremonies891
- History810
- Juvenile literature779
- Providence and government of God752
- Sermons669
- Funeral rites and ceremonies624
- Conduct of life615
- Religion557
- Bible479
- Children471
- Animal welfare462
- Christianity424
- animal magnetism417
- Children's stories380
- Fiction360
- Christian life357
- Natural history339
- Attributes334
- Zoology321
- Cult314
Top languages
- English7,932 · 55%
- German1,498 · 10%
- French1,335 · 9%
- Latin1,255 · 9%
- Italian437 · 3%
Notable authors
All authors- Harrison Weir40 in this tradition46 books
- Religious Tract Society32 in this tradition66 books
- France. Convention nationale31 books
- Augustine of Hippo26 in this tradition46 books
- Madeline Leslie25 in this tradition26 books
- Samuel G. Goodrich24 in this tradition34 books
- Franz Anton Mesmer23 in this tradition49 books
- Catholic Church22 in this tradition50 books
- Maximillien De Lafayette22 in this tradition24 books
- Martin Luther21 in this tradition129 books
- François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon21 in this tradition49 books
- Emanuel Swedenborg20 in this tradition84 books
14,367 books
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De hum. physiognomonia
Giambattista della Porta
1586Latin
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De la gloire et magnificence des anciens
Claude Malingre
1612French
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Del funerale celebrato nel duomo di Torino all' Altezza Reale di Carlo Emanuele II, duca di Sauoia ..
Giulio Vasco
1676Italian
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Delle lodi di don Francesco Medici de' principi di Toscana
Vieri Cerchi, Accademia degli alterati, Jacques Callot
1614Italian
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Deorvm dearvmqve capita
Abraham Ortelius, Philippe Galle
1573Latin
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Description de la fête du pacte fédératif, du 14 juillet
Paris
1790French
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Descritione della pompa fvnerale fatta nelle esseqvie del sermo. sig. Cosimo de' Medici, gran duca di Toscana
Maggio Bazzanti
1574Italian
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Ehren Gedechtnus dess durchleuchtigen hochgebornen Fürsten vnnd Herren Herrn Ludwigen Landgraven zu Hessen, Graven zu Catzenelnbogen, Dietz, Zigenhain vnd Nidda
Rudolph Goclenius
1628German
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El prepósito de S. Camilo, como Albacea y Amigo del Br. Don Luis Veas, cura propio que fué de Chiapa de Mota
Unknown
1756Spanish
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Eseqvie d'Arrigo qvarto cristianissimo re di Francia, e di Navarra
Giuliano Giraldi, Aloys Rosaccio
1610Italian
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Eseqvie della Maestà Cesarea dell'imperadore Ferdinando II
Francesco Rondinelli
1638Italian
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Eseqvie fatte in Venetia dalla natione fiorentina al serenissimo d. Cosimo II qvarto gran dvca di Toscana il dì 25 di maggio j62j
Giulio Strozzi, Philipp Esengren, Matteo Ingoli, Francesco Valesio
1621Italian
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Esseqvie del serenissimo don Francesco Medici, gran duca di Toscana II
Giovanni Battista il Giovane Strozzi, Giovanni Battista Strozzi
1587Italian
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Exeqviæ in templo S. Nazarii Manfredo Septalio
Giovanni Maria marchese Visconti, Giovanni Maria Visconti
1680Latin
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Funerailles, & diuerses manieres d'enseuelir des Rommains, Grecs, & autres nations, tant anciennes que modernes
Claude Guichard
1581French
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Funerali per Carlo III. re delle Spagne e per l'infante di Napoli d. Gennero Borbone
Giovanni E. Di-Blasi
1789Italian
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Historia notitia rerum Boicarum
Johann Evangelist Edlweckh, Franz Xaver Andreas Jungwierth, Georg Sigmund Rösch, Nikolaus Gottfried Stuber
1746German
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Historische Beschreibung der fürstlichen Kindtauff Fräwlein Elisabethen zu Hessen &c
Wilhelm Dilich
1598German
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I lutti della R. Casa di Savoia
André Charvaz, Lorenzo. Nei solenni funerali di Sua Altezza Reale Ferdinando Maria di Savoia duca di Genova celebrati nella chiesa metropolitana di Torino il dì x di marzo MDCCLV orazione Isnardi, Lorenzo. Nei solenni funerali di Maria Teresa di Toscana Renaldi
1855French
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In fvnere Caroli III, Hispaniar. Regis Catholici oratio
Bernardino Ridolfi
1789Italian
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Ioannis MeursI Graecia feriata, siue, De festis Graecorum, libri VI
Johannes van Meurs
1619Latin
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Joannis Guilielmi Stuckii Tigurini Operum tomus primus[-secundus]
Johann Wilhelm Stucki, Boitard, François, Hendrick Boom, Jacobus Hackius, Johanna Veris
1695Latin
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L. Apuleii opera
Apuleius, Giovanni d'Andrea, Filippo Pinzi, Hermes Trismegistus, Albinus, Pietro Balbi, Spaulding Mr, Henrietta Ricketts, author Apuleius
1493Latin
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Mercurii Trismegisti Liber de potestate et sapientia Dei
Hermes Trismegistus, Marsilio Hermes Trismegistus ; Ficino
1481Latin