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
- Read free
Studies in the art anatomy of animals
Ernest Thompson Seton
1896
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Suggestions in design
John Leighton, James Kellaway Colling
1853
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Summa Contra gentiles ...
Thomas Aquinas, Joseph Rickaby, Cyrille Michon, Vincent Aubin, Denis Moreau
1475Latin
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Synopsis of the air-breathing animals of the Palæozoic in Canada up to 1894
John William Dawson
1894
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Systema naturae
Carl Linnaeus
1748
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Systematic theology
Augustus Hopkins Strong
1886
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Tales of Thebes and Argos
George George William Cox
1864
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Tales of the gods and heroes
George George William Cox
1863
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Tetra-Chordon
William Furniss
1874
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The Book of the Dead According to the Theban Recension
E. A. Wallis Budge
1898
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The Canadian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Canadian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
1873
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The Case of the United States before the Tribunal of Arbitration convened at Paris under the provisions of the treaty between the United States of America and Great Britain, concluded February 29, 1892
United States
1893
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The Case of the United States before the Tribunal of Arbitration to convene at Paris under the provisions of the treaty between the United States of America and Great Britain, concluded February 29, 1892
United States
1892
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The Christian miracles and the conclusions of science
W. D. Thomson
1888
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The Decree of Canopus in hieroglyphics and greek, with translations and an explanation of the hieroglyphical characters, by Samuel Sharpe
Samuel. aut10332256 Sharpe
1870
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The Doctrines of Heathen Philosophy Compared with Those of Revelation
Joseph Priestley
1804
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The Emperor Julian's relation to the new sophistic and neo-Platonism
Wilmer Cave France Wright, Wilmer Cave France
1896
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The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
Edgar Allan Poe
1846French
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The Holy Father and the living Christ
Peter Taylor Forsyth
1897
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The Homeric hymns
Όμηρος
1806
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The Lord's Supper and the passover ritual
Gustav Bickell
1891
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The Metropolitan Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Metropolitan Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
1872
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The Mountain Chant
Washington Matthews
1887
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The New Brunswick Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
New Brunswick Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
1884