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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IAk povstala religiia i viruvannia v bohiv?
Heinrich Cunow
1922Ukrainian
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Iacobi Grevini Claromontani Bellovaci Parisiensis medici ... De venenis libri duo
Jacques Grévin
1571Latin
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Icones vermium
F. C. Kielsen
1835Latin
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Iconografia della fauna italica per le quattro classi degli animali vertebrati
Charles Lucian Bonaparte
1832Italian
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Iconographie Gottes und der Heiligen
Joseph Eduard Wessely
1874German
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Idiomologie des animaux
Pierquin de Gembloux
1844French
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Il Sacro Monte d'Orta
Didimo Patriofilo
1777Italian
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Il controllo del vaccino mediante le inoculazioni corneali
Costantino Gorini
1898Italian
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Illustrites thierleben
Alfred Edmund Brehm
1864German
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Im Lande des Fetisches
Heinrich Bohner
1890German
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Imena vlastita i splosna domacih zivotin u Hrvatov a ponekle i Srbalj
Fran Kurelac
1867Croatian
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In vielen Jahren gesammlete anatomische Wahrnehmungen
Christoph Gottlieb Büttner
1768German
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Indogermanernas högste gud
Sven Linde
1889Swedish
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Initia philosophiae ac theologiae ex Platonicis fontibus ducta: sive ... in Platonis Alcibiadem ...
Proclus, of Alexandria Olympiodorus the Younger, Nikolaos
1821Ancient Greek
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Insinuacion de las grandezas de San Miguel
Manuel Collado de Ruete
1760Spanish
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Instinct und Intelligenz im Thierreich
Erich Wasmann
1897German
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Instruction pastorale de Monseigneur l'archeve que de Bordeaux
Champion de Cicé, Jérôme Marie comte
1792French
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Instructions sur l'Eucharistie
Nicolas Gridel
1862French
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Introduction a la philosophie, ou, De la connoissance de Dieu et de soi-mesme
Jacques Bénigne Bossuet
1722French
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Io. Christ. Polyc. Erxleben Phil. D. ... Systema regni animalis per classes, ordines, genera, species, varietates
Johann Christian Polykarp Erxleben
1777Latin
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Ioannis MeursI Panathenaea, siue, De Mineruae illo gemino festo
Johannes van Meurs
1619Latin
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Istoria del camaleonte affricano, e di varj animali d'Italia ...
Antonio Vallisnieri
1714Italian
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Istoria della insigne reliquia di San Simeone profeta chi si venera in Zara
Lorenzo Fondra
1855Italian
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Istoria di Sant'Allucio
Vincenzo Fredianelli
1797Italian