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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Al patriarca San Giuseppe, culto antico nella città di Sanseverino
Severino Servanzi-Collio
1865Italian
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Amusement philosophique sur le langage de bestes
Guillaume Hyacinthe Bougeant
1757French
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Amusement philosophique sur le langage des bestes.
Guillaume Hyacinthe Bougeant
1739French
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An Account of the Religious and Literary Life of Adam Clarke ...: Written by One who was ...
Adam Clarke, Richard Smith
1839
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An Essay on Fundamentals in Religion: To which is Added Extracts from the ...
James Foster, Samuel Clarke
1836
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An Offering of Sympathy to the Afflicted: Especially to Bereaved Parents
Francis Parkman, Frederick Augustus Farley
1867
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An camadh 's a' chrannchur, no, Gliocas agus ard-uachdranachd Dh air am foillseachadh ann an amhgharaibh dhaoine
Thomas Boston
1845Scottish Gaelic
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An inquiry into the doctrine of the eternal sonship of ... Jesus Christ
Richard Treffry, Jesus Christ
1837
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An introduction to the holy understanding of the glasse of righteousnesse, set forth by H.N. and ...
Hendrik Niclaes, Christopher Vitell
1649
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Anatomie et physiologie animales ...
©douard Retterer
1893French
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Ancient Spanish Ballads Historical and Romantic: Historical and Romantic
John Gibson Lockhart, Charles Card Smith
1857
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Andeutungen aus dem Seelenleben der Thiere
Ludwig Karl Schmarda
1846German
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Anecdotes illustrative of New Testament texts
[author not identified]
1884
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Anfangsgründe der theoretischen und angewandten Naturgeschichte der Thiere
Georg Adolph Suckow
1797German
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Animal Chemistry: Or Organic Chemistry in Its Application to Physiology and ...
Justus Liebig, William Gregory, John White Webster
1843
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Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Illinois Industrial University
Illinois Industrial University (Urbana, Ill .). Board of Trustees, Board of Trustees
1870
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Annual report of the Bureau of Animal Industry. v. 18, 1901
[author not identified]
1885
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Année misericordieuse de saint Joseph ...
Jean-Joseph Huguet
1880French
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Archetypa stvdiaqve patris GeorgiI HoefnageliI
Joris Hoefnagel
1592German
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Archiv für die neuesten entdeckungen aus der urwelt
J. G. J. Ballenstedt
1819German
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Argumenta pro Dei existentia exponuntur et judicantur
Gustav Adolf Fricke
1846German
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Aristotelis De natura animalium libri nouem ; De partibus animalium libri quattuor ; De generatione animalium libri quinq
Aristotle
1498Latin
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Arre te du Directoire exe cutif, qui annulle des dispositions de celui pris le 21 flore al dernier, par l'administration centrale du departement de l'Ain, sur le mode de comple ter la leve e de chevaux, etc. prescrite par la loi du 15 pluviose
France. Directoire exécutif
1796French
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Arrest du Conseil d'E tat du roi, qui proroge les gratifications accorde es par l'arre t du 8 janvier 1775, par chaque mulet ou cheval propre a la charrue, qui sera vendu dans les marche s des provinces de vaste es par l'e pizootie
France. Conseil d'Etat
1775French