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
- Read free
Monuments inédits sur l'apostolat de Sainte Marie-Madeleine en Provence
Étienne Michel Faillon
1865French
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Museum Boltenianum, sive, Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Fried. Bolten
Joachim Friedrich Bolton
1798German
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Museum Leskeanum
Dietrich Ludwig Gustav Karsten
1789Latin
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M©♭decine v©♭t©♭rinaire
Louis Vitet
1771French
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M©♭moire sur l'©♭lectricit©♭ m©♭dicale
Jean Paul Marat
1784French
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M©♭moires sur la nature et le traitement de plusiers maladies
Antoine Portal
1800French
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Mémoire sur l'épizootie des chevaux, qui a régné et qui règne encore en France et dans divers autres pays de l'Europe
Joseph Rainard
1825French
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Mémoires sur la nature et le traitement de plusieurs maladies
Antoine baron Portal
1808French
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Natur oder schöpfung?
Johann Eduard Erdmann
1840German
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Naturwissenschaftliche reise nach Mossambique, auf befehl Seiner Majestät des königs Friedrich Wilhelm IV, in den jahren 1842 bis 1848 ausgeführt
Wilhelm C. H. Peters
1852German
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Natuurkundige beschryving der ze©±n
Luigi Ferdinando Marsili
1786Dutch
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Natuurlyke historie van de koraal-gewassen, en andere dergelyke zee-lighamen, die men gemeenelyk vind op de kusten van Groot-Brittanien en Ierland
John Ellis
1756Dutch
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Neoplatonismus und Christenthum: Untersuchungen über die angeblichen ...
Karl August Traugott Vogt
1836German
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Neue wirbelthiere zu der fauna von Abyssinien gehörig
Rüppell, Eduard
1835German
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Neueröffnetes wundersames Arzenei-Kästlein
William Marshall
1894German
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Neuvaines en l'honneur des saints de la Compagnie de J©♭sus
Nicolas Verron
1792French
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Nomenclator Zoologicus
Johannes Leunis
1866German
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Nomenclator extemporaneus rerum naturalium: plantarum, insectorum, conchyliorum, secundam systema naturæ linnæanum
Carl Clerck
1759Latin
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Nomenclator zoologicus
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz, Louis Agassiz, Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson
1842Latin
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Nomenclator zoologicus continens nomina systematica generum animalium tam viventium quam fossilium, secundum ordinem alphabeticum disposita, sub auspiciis et sumptibus C. R. Societatis zoologico-botanicae conscriptus a comite Augusto de Marschall
August Friedrich Marschall
1873Latin
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North American Fauna
United States
1895
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Notice de la Sculpture antique du Musée National du Louvre
Wilhelm Fröhner
1878French
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Notice des insectes de la France, réputés venimeux
Pierre Joseph Amoreux
1789French
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Notice sur le Soudan français et le Tonkin
J. Bourgès
1893French