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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Horses and hounds
Knightley William Horlock
1855
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Horses, asses, zebras, mules, and mule breeding
W. B. Tegetmeier
1895
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Hortus gramineus Woburnensis: or, an account of the results of experiments on the produce and nutritive qualities of different grasses and other plants used as the food of the more valuable domestic animals: instituted by John, Duke of Bedford...
George Sinclair
1825
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How birds learn to make nests and songs
William John Clarke Miller
1897
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How to tell the age of the domestic animals
Alexandre François Augustin Liautard
1885
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Hudson's Bay Company
Hudson's Bay Company
1858
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Human philosophy as opposed to the word of God
J. W. Wood
1859
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Humanity to honey-bees; or, Practical directions for the management of honey-bees upon an improved and humane plan
Thomas Nutt
1834
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Iconographie chrétienne
Adolphe Napoléon Didron
1843
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Il Libro dei funerali degli antichi egiziani
Ernesto Schiaparelli
1882
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Illustrated natural history of the animal kingdom, being a systematic and popular description of the habits, structure, and classification of animals from the highest to the lowest forms, with their relations to agriculture, commerce, manufactures, and the arts
Samuel G. Goodrich
1859
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Illustrations of the divine government
Southwood Smith
1816
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Illustrations of the divine government in remarkable providences
Solomon Higgins
1859
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Incidents in India and memories of the mutiny
F. W. Pitt
1896
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Incubation, natural and artificial
Heather Stoddard
1884
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India in 1887 as seen by Robert Wallace
Robert Wallace
1888
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Indiana caves and their fauna
Willis Stanley Blatchley
1896
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Inquisitio philosophica
M. P. W. Bolton
1866
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Introduction to the catalogue of the Ashmolean Museum
John Shute Duncan
1826
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Introductory lecture to a course of lectures upon comparative anatomy, and the diseases of domestic animals
James Mease
1814
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Investigation of diseases of swine
United States. Dept. of Agriculture
1879
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Investigation of the fur-seal and other fisheries of Alaska
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
1889
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Isles of summer; or, Nassau and the Bahamas
Charles Ives
1880
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Jacques' new manual of the garden, farm and barn-yard
D. H. Jacques
1870