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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Theatrum ceremoniale historico-politicum, oder, Historisch- und politischer Schau-Platz
Johann Christian Lünig
1719German
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Brāhmanism and Hindūism : or, Religious thought and life in India
Monier Monier-Williams
1891
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Esseqvie della Sacra Cattolica, e Real Maesta di Margherita d'Avstria regina di Spagna
Giovanni Altoviti, Jacques Callot, Giulio Parigi, Raffaello Schiaminossi, Antonio Tempesta
1612Italian
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Hieroglyphica, oder, Denkbilder der alten Völker
Romeyn de Hooghe, Arkstée et Merkus, Siegmund Jakob Baumgarten, Hendrik van den Bos, Jacobus Houbraken, Jan Wandelaar, Arnoldus Henricus Westerhoff
1744German
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Orazione di Piero Strozzi recitata da lui pubbli.te nella chiesa di S. Lorenzo nell' esequie celebrate alla Maesta Cesarea dell' imp.re Ferdinando II. dall' Alt.za Ser.ma di Ferdinando II gran duca di Toscana, il di 2 d' apr.le 1637
Piero Strozzi, Stefano Della Bella, Grand-Duke of Tuscany Ferdinando II
1637Italian
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Racconto dell'esequie fatte in Cremona all'eminentissimo signor cardinale Pietro Campori, vescouo d'essa città
Francesco Realino, Marco Antonio Bossi, Francesco Cecchi-Conti, Carlo Natali, Paolo Parigi, Alberto Ronco, Giovanni Pietro Zanni
1643Italian
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Relacion de las exequias, que a la memoria de N.SS.P. Clemente XIV
Agustín Delso, José Miguel de Carvajal y Vargas Manrique de Lara, Henri Ternaux-Compans
1776Spanish
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Relazione dell'eseqvie fatte dall'illvstrissima citta di Lodi per la morte della Sacra Maesta della reina di Spagna Maria Lvisa di Borbone nella Chiesa della Santissima Coronata, il dì 12. maggio 1689
Mattia Baset
1689Italian
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The origin of ancient names of countries, cities, individuals, and gods
Samuel Fales Dunlap
1856
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Stories of Norse Gods and Heroes
Annie Klingensmith
1894
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Superstitions de tous les peuples du monde ou Tableau philosophique des erreurs & des faiblesses dans lesquelles les superstitions, tant anciennes que modernes, ont précipité les hommes de la plupart des nations de la terre
sur les bacchanales & les orgies ouvrage suivi d'un précis sur la mère-folle
1783French
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The advantage and necessity of the Christian revelation
John Leland, Anthony publisher Finley, William Fry
1764
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Breue racconto della trasportatione del corpo di Papa Paolo V. dalla basilica di S. Pietro à quella di S. Maria Maggiore
Lelio Guidiccioni, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Pietro Bernini, Theodor Krüger, Sergio Venturi
1623Italian
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Fetichism
Fritz Schultze
1885
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Historical revelations of the relation existing between Christianity and paganism since the disintegration of the Roman Empire
Julian Emperor of Rome, Thomas Cushman B. 1846 Buddington, Harry Houdini Collection, Thomas Cushman Buddington, Harry Houdini Collection DLC
1886
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Ioannis Eusebij Nierembergij, ex Societate Iesu, De arte voluntatis libri sex
Juan Eusebio Nieremberg
1631Greek
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Lyk-predicatie op de begravenisse van Hare Hoogheit, mevrouwe de Princesse Douariere d'Orange, geschiet by avont, met solemnele stacy, den 21. van winter-maand, 1675
Petrus van Balen, Jasper Doll, Romeyn de Hooghe, Joannes Vollenhove
1676Dutch
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Studii di antichità e mitologia
Carlo Pascal
1896Ancient Greek
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Western Christian advocate
Methodist Episcopal Church, Poe & Hitchcock, John Morrison Reid
1865
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Julian the emperor
Charles William King, Various Author
1888
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Psychopathia sexualis
Richard von Krafft-Ebing, Krafft/, Charles Gilbert Chaddock, Francis Joseph Rebman
1886German
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Paganism and Christianity
James Anson Farrer
1891
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The progress of the intellect
Robert William Mackay
1850
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The sun
Moses Sperry Beach
1865