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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De providentia
Seneca the Younger
1828Italian
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De ratione quae intercedit inter Fichtii de Deo doctrinam atque Kantianam
Constantinus van der Briele
1879Latin
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De regno divino: liber exegeticus historicus quatuor evangelistarum doctrinam complectens
Ferdinand Florens Fleck
1829Latin
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De sacerdotii apud Graecos emptione venditione
Hugo Herbrecht
1885Latin
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De seviris augustalibus
Johannes Schmidt
1878Latin
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De similibus animalibus et animalium calore libri duo
George Martine
1740Latin
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De textura et formatione spinarum et partium similium
Gustav Broecker
1849Latin
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De tribus principiis, oder Beschreibung der drey Principien g©œttliches Wesens
Jakob Böhme
1730Latin
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De vi percussionis, et motionibus naturalibus a gravitate pendentibus
Giovanni Alfonso Borelli
1686Latin
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Decani facultatis medicae J. Hadriani Slevogtii, D. anat. chir. et botan. P.P. med. duc. provinc. prolvsio inavgvralis De publicis utriusque Americae sudatoriis
Johann Adrian Slevogt
1697Latin
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Dechado de principes ecclesiasticos
Miguel de Torres
1716Spanish
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Dechado de principes eclesiasticos
Miguel de Torres
1722Spanish
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Dein Reich komme: Eine Sammulung kirchlicher Zeugnisse der evangelischen ...
[name Missing]
1865German
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Della religione de' gentili per riguardo ad alcuni animali e specialmente a' topi dissertazione indirizzata ad illustrare un'antica statua ed a servire per la migliore intelligenza di alcuni passi della storia profana e della corrispondenza loro colla storia sacra
Paolo Antonio Paoli
1771Italian
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Delle cose gentilesche e profane, trasportate ad uso e adornamento delle chiese
Giovanni Marangoni
1744Italian
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Delle funzioni riproduttive degli animali in complemento all'edizione italiana del corso elementare di zoologia del signor Milne Edwards
Filippo De Filippi
1856Italian
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Delle lodi di Santo Apollinare Martire e primo vescovo di Ravenna
Agostino Peruzzi
1822Italian
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Demonstração da existencia de Deos
José Agostinho de Macedo
1816Portuguese
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Den Norske Nordhavs-expedition, 1876-1878
Henrik Mohn
1880Norwegian
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Der Gottesbegriff in der neueren schwedischen Philosophie
Egon Zöller
1888German
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Der Gottesbeweis in der patristischen Zeit
C. van Endert
1869German
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Der Lichtsinn augenloser Tiere
Willibald A. Nagel
1896German
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Der Todtenkultus bei den Juden
Jakob Rabbinowicz
1889German
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Der Totemismus und die Religion Israels
Vincenz Zapletal
1901German