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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Report of William H. Carmalt, M. D., commissioner of the New York state agricultural society, for the investigation of abortion in cows
1869
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Social habitations and parasitic nests
1893
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Stuyvesant
Jacob Abbott
1853
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Talks about animals
1895
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The Centennial frog
1877
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The Child's Book of Nature: for the use of families and schools : intended to aid mothers and ..
Worthington Hooker
1857
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The Counter case of the United States before the Tribunal of Arbitration to convene at Paris under the treaty between the United States of America and Great Britain, concluded February 29, 1892
1893
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The Fatherhood of God
Thomas J Crawford
1868
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The Hummer
1899
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The Mystery of magistracy unvailed
1708
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The Siamese twins, Chang and Eng
1869
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The Two Elsies
Martha Finley
1885
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The adventures of a donkey
Arabella Argus
1815
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The alphabetical drawing book, and pictorial history
1847
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The bad child's book of beasts
Hilaire Belloc, B T. B
1875
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The barn-yard: a manual of cattle, horse and sheep husbandry
1886
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The boy travellers in Australasia
Thomas Wallace Knox
1889
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The child's book of nature
1828
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The divine purpose
1827
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The farm's little people
Annie Thomas Fréchette
1897
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The farmer's and horseman's true guide
1841
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The farmer's library, animal economy
1847
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The fatherhood of God
Robert Smith Candlish
1865
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The fur traders of the west, or, Adventures among the redskins
Ernest R. Suffling
1896