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
Curiosities of animal life
Charles] [Williams
1848
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Curious and instructive stories about wild animals and birds
William White Cooper
1897
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Curious homes and their tenants
James Carter Beard
1897
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Dangerous characters
Ella Rodman Church
1889
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Darwinismus und Thierproduktion
Robert Hartmann, Eduard von Hartmann
1876
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De divina voluntate, de praedestinatione, et gratia praelectiones theologicae
Michael Angelo Marchisio
1775
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De l'influence des agens physiques sur la vie
W. F Edwards
1824French
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De praedestinatione
Girolamo Zanchi
1769
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Debate on the punishment of the wicked and the Kingdom of God
Allan Bowie Magruder
1855
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Deformity
William Hay
1754
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Deformity: an essay
William Hay
1754
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Degeneration
E. Ray Sir Lankester
1880
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Dentition as indicative of the age of the animals of the farm
George Thomas Sir Brown
1895
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Descriptive anatomy of the horse and domestic animals
Thomas Strangeways
1870
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Descriptive catalogue of the specimens of natural history in spirit contained in the museum. Vertebrata
Royal College of Surgeons of England. Museum
1859
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Descriptive catalogue of the teratological series in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
Royal College of Surgeons of England. Museum
1893
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Destruction of life by wild animals and venomous snakes in India
Joseph Sir Fayrer, Joseph Fayrer
1878
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Destruction of life in India by wild animals
Joseph Sir Fayrer
1883
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Did man make God or did God make man
John P. D. John
1898
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Dimorphic development and alteration of generation in the Cladocera
Sidney I. Smith
1875
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Directions for collecting and preserving animals
Hunterian Museum
1835
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Directions for preserving animals and parts of animals for anatomical investigations
John Hunter FRS
1809
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Discourse preached in the South Congregational Church, Middletown, Ct
John Langdon Dudley
1865
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Discourses Upon the Existence and Attributes of God
Stephen Charnock, William Symington
1800