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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Cantandi ritus per noctes festorum apud Ebraeos expositus
Christian Ernst Schmid
1738NOT
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Caroli DuFresne, Domini Du Cange, Regi à Consiliis, & Franciae apud Ambianos Quaestoris, Glossarium ad Scriptores Mediae & Infimae Latinitatis
Charles Du Fresne Du Cange
1681German
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Casp[ar] Sagittarii Historia templi Ienensis academici
Caspar Sagittarius
1685NOT
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Caspari Bartholini Expositio veteris in puerperio ritus
Caspar Bartholin
1677NOT
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Catalogus librorum catholicum et literarum et rerum studia. Pars tertia, Bibliotheca Liturgica
Jacques Rosenthal
1896French
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Catalogus missalium ritus Latini ab anno M.CCCC.LXXV. impressorum
William H. James Weale
1886NOT
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Causa Sanguinis Et Sanctorum, Seu Cultus Debitus Residuis in terra Ss. Sanguinis & S. Crucis Particulis Nec Non Sanctorum Imaginibus, & Sacris Reliquiis Dissertatione Theologica Assertus, Et Ab Infestis Lamindi Pritanii Vexis Ereptus
Georg Lienhardt
1758Latin
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Ceremonien-Büchlein, enthaltend die Erklärung des Ritus der heil. Sakramente und des heil. Opfers für Schule und Haus. 1, Ein Taufandenken
Anton Hauser
1872German
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Ceremonien-Büchlein, enthaltend die Erklärung des Ritus der heil. Sakramente und des heil. Opfers für Schule und Haus. 2
Anton Hauser
1874German
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Ceremonien-Büchlein, enthaltend die Erklärung des Ritus der heil. Sakramente und des heil. Opfers für Schule und Haus. 2, Ein Firmungsandenken mit einem Weckruf an die christkatholische Jugend Deutschlands
Anton Hauser
1873German
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Chinas Religionen. 1, Confucius und seine Lehre
Rudolf Dvořák
1895German
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Chorallehre von dem gesammten katholischen Kirchen- Ritus zum Behufe für Priester
Johann Baptist Obermaier
1823NOT
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Christiani Gottlieb Wolffii J. U. D. et Adv. Prov. Lusat. Sup. Ord. Specimen Juris Ecclestiastici De Diebus Poenitentialibus Et Supplicationum Vulgo Von Buß- Beth- und Fast-Tagen
J. C Schneider, Christian Gottlieb Wolff
1729Latin
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Commentarius historicus in romanum Breviarium
Jean Grancolas
1734Latin
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Commentatio de primitiva et vera festorum apud Hebraeos ratione ex legum Mosaicarum varietate eruenda
Hermann Hupfeld
1851Latin
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Compendium Eruditionis, Complectens Historiam Sacram Profanamque, Politicen, Iuris Publici Adumbrationem, Geographiam; Ritus Veterum, Et Chronologiam
Anselm Desing
1755Latin
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Compendium doctrinae catholicae
Pedro de Soto
1550NOT
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Compendium eruditionis
Anselm Desing
1728Latin
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Compendivm Doctrinae Catholicae
Pedro de Soto
1549Latin
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Confessionis Calvinianorum In Colloqvio [Colloquio] Thoruniensi Exhibitae Articulus Primus De Regula Fidei Et Cultus , S. Scriptura
Johann Hülsemann, Kaspar Ziegler
1649Latin
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Constitutiones Pontificiae Et Romanarum Congregationum Decisiones ... Spectantes. [12], Constitutiones Pontificiae Et Romanarum Congregationum Decisiones Ad Sacros Ritus Spectantes
Giovanni B Pittoni
1730Latin
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Consultationum canonicarum in quo praecipuae controversiae de iis, quae ad sanctorum canonizationem, ac sacros ritus . 1
Giacomo Pignatelli
1700NOT
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Consultationum canonicarum in quo praecipuae controversiae de iis, quae ad sanctorum canonizationem, ac sacros ritus . 10
Giacomo Pignatelli
1700NOT
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Consultationum canonicarum in quo praecipuae controversiae de iis, quae ad sanctorum canonizationem, ac sacros ritus . 11
Giacomo Pignatelli
1700NOT