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
Der Gottesbegriff in den heidnischen Religionen der Neuzeit
Christian Pesch
1888German
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Der ontologische Gottesbeweis
Georg Runze
1882German
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Des sociétés animales
Alfred Victor Espinas
1877French
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Die Dîkshâ oder Weihe für das Somaopfer..
Bruno Lindner
1878German
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Die Gottes- und Logos-Lehre Tertullians
Johann Stier
1899German
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Die Lehre vom Reiche Gottes im Neuen Testament
Ernst Issel
1891German
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Die Naturgeschichte nach Wort und Spruch des Volkes.
Wilhelm Medicus
1867German
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Die Predigt Jesu vom Reiche Gottes
Johannes Weiss
1892German
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Die Verehrung der Heiligen und ihrer Reliquien in Deutschland bis zum Beginne des 13. Jahrhunderts
Stephan Beissel
1890German
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Die Verehrung der Heiligen und ihrer Reliquien in Deutschland während der zweiten Hälfte des Mittelalters
Stephan Beissel
1892German
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Die altarabische Mondreligion und die mosaische Ueberlieferung
Ditlef Nielsen
1904German
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Die hellenistischen Mysteriereligionen nach ihren Grundgedanken und Wirkungen
Richard Reitzenstein
1910German
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Die lehre vom logos in der griechischen philosophie
Max Heinze
1872German
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Discours prononcé à une vêture au Monastère du précieux sang
Joseph-Sabin Raymond
1873French
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Disputationes theologicæ, seu, Commentaria in Summam theologicam D. Thomæ
Louis-Adolphe Paquet
1893Latin
Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother, Too?
Eric Carle
1999
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Eine Mithrasliturgie
Albrecht Dieterich
1903German
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Etude sur la vaccination ou L'inoculation du virus-vaccin (cow-pox)
J. Emery-Coderre
1881French
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Exercice très dévot envers S. Antoine de Padoue le thaumaturge de l'ordre séraphique de S. François
Alexis Du Monceaux
1804French
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Expédition dans les parties centrales de l'Amérique du Sud
Francis comte de Castelnau
1850French
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Faune belge
Michel-Edmond Sélys -Longchamps
1842French
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Gott und Götter
Christian Pesch
1890German
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Guide du chasseur de pelletrie
Henry de Puyjalon
1893French
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Handbuch der vergleichenden Anatomie der Haustiere
Wilhelm Ellenberger
1896German