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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The Agamemnon of Aeschylus
526 BCE-457 BCE Aeschylus, Gilbert Murray, John Symmons Aeschylus
1824
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The beneficial effects of Christianity
Beilby Porteus
1806
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Tooke's pantheon of the heathen gods and illustrious heroes
François Pomey
1817
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Essays on social subjects
Matthew James Higgins, William Stirling Maxwell
1875
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Il funerale d'Agostin Carraccio
Benedetto Morello
1603Italian
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Memorie in difesa delle prerogative dell'insigne Collegio de' sacri ministri della Cattedrale chiesa napolitana chiamati Eddomadarj
Francesco Peccheneda, Collegiata di S. Giovanni Maggiore, Collegio degli Eddomadari, Duomo
1772Italian
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The glories of the holy angels
Henri-Marie Boudon
1854
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The odyssey of Homer, with the Hymns, epigrams, and Battle of the frogs and mice
Όμηρος, Homer
1895
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Truth displayed
Benjamin Osborn
1816
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Animal magnetism and magnetic lucid somnambulism: With Observations and Illustrative Instances ..
Edwin Lee
1866
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Beiträge zur semitischen Religionsgeschichte
Friedrich Baethgen
1888German
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Histoire abr©♭g©♭e de diff©♭rens cultes
J.-A Dulaure, J.-Jacques-Antoine Dulaure
1825French
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Index eorvm qvae hoc in libro habentvr--Fenestella De Romanor[um] magistratib[us]. Albricus De imaginibus deorum. Põponius Laetus De magistratibus Ro[manorum]
philosophus Albricus, Lucius Fenestella, Giulio Pomponio Leto
1510Latin
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On Darlingism, misnamed electro-biology
Andrew Buchanan, University of Glasgow. Library
1851
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Antiquities and curiosities of the church
1897
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Imagines deorum, qui ab antiquis colebantur
Vincenzo Cartari
1581Latin
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Interesting anecdotes of the animal kingdom classified as to species
Thomas Brown, Oliver Goldsmith
1800
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Loan Exhibition
University of Pennsylvania. Dept. of Archaeology and Paleontology
1892
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Sacra exequialia in funere Jacobi II
Carlo d' Aquino, Carlo Barberini
1702Latin
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The Citizen's banquet to His Worship Mayor MacLean at the Dougall House, Vancouver, B.C., Saturday evening, December 31st, '87 at 9 o'clock
1887
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The downfall of despotism
I. B. Richardson
1864
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A Christian Wreath for the Pagan Deities: Or, An Introduction to the Greek and Roman Mythology
Frances Arabella Rowden, Banier, Tressan, Banier Frances Arabella Rowden
1820
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A Country Muse
Norman R. Gale
1892
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A letter to a physician in the country on animal-magnetism, with his answer
1786