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
God's purpose in the war
A. Huntington Clapp
1861
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God's sceptre in the nation's calamity
John F. McLaren
1841
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God's work in the world the last fifty years
Joseph F. Tuttle
1874
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Gods arraignement of hypocrites
John Yates
1615
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Good stories of man and other animals
Charles Reade
1884
- Read free
Government salary tables adopted by comptrolling officers of Treasury Department
United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
1891
- Read free
Grandpapa's tales about animals
England James Bland of Halifax
1850
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Hagenbeck's Arena and World's Museum
Lawrence J. Gutter Collection of Chicagoana
1893
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Half hours at the sea-side; or, Recreations with marine objects
John Ellor Taylor
1880
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Half hours with a naturalist: rambles near the shore
John George Wood
1889
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Half-hours at the sea-side
John Ellor Taylor
1872
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Hand-list of seals, morses, sea-lions, and sea-bears in the British Museum
British Museum. Dept . of Zoology
1874
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Handbook for England, Wales, and Scotland, of the laws and regulations relating to contagious and infectious diseases among animals
Great Britain. Privy Council Office. Veterinary Department
1880
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Handbook for the bio-chemical laboratory
John A. Mandel
1896
- Read free
Handbook of the laws and regulations relating to diseases of animals, transit of animals, importation of animals, and the weighing of cattle at markets, &c
Great Britain
1899
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Have you had the influenza?
Author of Happiness and misery
1837
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Haïti: copy of the code rural of that island
Great Britain Parliament House of Commons
1827
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Help for the sincere
George Fenwick
1737
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Hidden beauties of nature
Richard Kerr
1895
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Hints on Agricultural Subjects: And on the Best Means of Improving the Condition of the ..
J. C. Curwen
1809
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His divine majesty
William Humphrey
1897
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Histoire générale et particulière des anomalies de l'organisation chez l'homme et les animaux
Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
1832French
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History of sheep husbandry in Massachusetts
James Seymour Grinnell
1892
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Holy confidence; or, Simplicity with God
Benedetto Rogacci
1869