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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La pieuse congréganiste de la ville et de la campagne
Joseph Louis Marie Jouve
1892French
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La prima-[quinta] parte della luce del dipingere et disegnare, ...
Crispijn van de Passe
1643Dutch
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La provvidenza di Dio e il giubileo pontificale di Pio IX
Benedetto Guzzini
1871Italian
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La religion des pré-Israélites
W. Pleyte
1862French
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La religion naturelle
Jules Simon
1856French
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La vana speculazione disingannata dal senso
Agostino Scilla
1670Italian
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La vie des animaux illustr©♭e description populaire du r©·gne animal
Alfred Edmund Brehm
1869French
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La vita degli animali
Alfred Edmund Brehm
1869Italian
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Lactantii Firmiani de diuinis institutionibus aduersus gentes
Lactantius
1478Latin
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Lama't-i Fakhr al-Dn 'Irq
Fakhr al-Dn Ibrhm Irq
1730Persian
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Latreille's Naturliche Familien des Thierreichs
P. A. Latreille
1827German
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Le Culte & le patronage de sainte Anne, mere tres-glorieuse de Marie Immaculee
Laurent Mermillod
1866French
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Le Jéhova de Moïse
Antoine Apcher
1830French
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Le Panthéon égyptien
Paul Pierret
1881French
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Le Rationalisme chrétien à la fin du XIe siècle; ou, Monologium et Proslogium de Saint Anselme sur l'Essence Divine
Anselm of Canterbury
1842French
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Le Sang de Jésus appliqué aux âmes du Purgatoire par le chemin de la croix
1886French
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Le Sang divin, trésor du Coeur de Jésus
1886French
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Le Tcheou-li; ou, rites des Tcheou.
Edouard Biot, Chow le
1851French
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Le Tiers-Ordre de Saint-François, appelé Ordre de la Pénitence
1889French
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Le chasseur taupier
Rédarès
1850French
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Le feste di S. Giovanni Batista in Firenze
Cesare Guasti
1884Italian
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Le feste di San Giovanni in Firenze a tempo di repubblica, del principato, e della società moderna
Domenico Francioni
1887Italian
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Le jardin des plantes
Pierre Boitard
1845French
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Le magn©♭tisme militant
Louis Pierre Mongruel
1851French