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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Encyklopädie der alten Geschichte, Götterlehre , Fabeln & Allegorien
Christian F Prange
1783German
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Entwurff Marianischer Andacht
Franz Neumayr
1755German
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Epithalamion Episcopi, Cvm Sva Sponsa Ecclesia. Sive, De Consecratione Episcopi Sermo
Stanisław Sokołowski
1580Latin
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Erezione di un tempio dedicato a Maria concetta senza macchia
1862Italian
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Erinnerungen aus den Geschichten des Ueberganges von dem Polytheismus zum Christenthume und dessen religiösen Anstalten und Stiftungen
Josephine von Drouin
1827German
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Erklärung der Psalmen
Valentin Thalhofer
1860German
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Errores atrocissimoru[m] Ruthenoru[m]
Johannes Sacranus
1508Latin
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Errores atrocissimorum Ruthenorum
Johannes Sacranus
1507Latin
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Etrurische Alterthümer
Antonio Francesco Gori
1770German
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Euchologion
Jacobus Goar
1647Greek
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Evangelische Religionsgeschichte des hohen Stifts Straßburg
Christian Gottlieb Gumpelzhaimer
1794German
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Ex antiquitate ecclesiae ritus quidam veteres
Bartholomäus Christian Reichard, Emmanuel Richard
1701NOT
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Ex historia ecclesiastica ritus antiquos precum
Abraham Heinrich Deutschmann, Christian Matthäus Fasolt
1695NOT
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Exequien
Ferdinand Probst
1856German
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Expositio ritus capitis velandi apud veteres
Heinrich Rudolf Mallinkrodt
1735Latin
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Facis historiarum centuriae duae
Jean de Chokier
1650Latin
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Falsitas, Vanitas, Novitas, Sacrificii Missatici, Cultus Angelorum, Sanctorum, & Reliquiarum religiosi
Johann Aegidius Haas, Johann Christoph Pfaff
1714Latin
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Ferias cereales sacras, de novis spicis, pane sacro, leguminibusque ac decimis messoriis, ad illustrandos aliquot Graecorum ritus , veteresque apostolorum et conciliorum canonas ... disquisitioni circulari submittent praeses Christophorus Sonntag ... et respondens M. Johannes Georgius Ehrlicher
Johann Georg Ehrlicher, Christoph Sonntag
1704Latin
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Flora Bulgarica
J Velenovský
1898Latin
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Form und anzeigung, wie die heylige Catholische Kirch Gottes, vor tausent, mehr und weniger Jaren, in aller Christenheyt regiert und geordnet gewesen sei
Georg Witzel
1546NOT
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Fortgesetzte Materialien zur evangelischen Religionsgeschichte von Oberschlesien. 2, Reformations- und Kirchengeschichte der freyen Standesherrschaft Beuthen mit Archvalischen Originalbeweisen
Gottlieb Fuchs
1776German
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Fortgesetzte Materialien zur evangelischen Religionsgeschichte von Oberschlesien. [1], Reformations- und Kirchengeschichte der freyen Standesherrschaft Pleß mit Archvalischen Originalbeweisen
Gottlieb Fuchs
1774German
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Francisci Wokenii P. P. In Academ. Lipsiensi, Observationum Critico-Biblicarum Fasciculus
Franz Woken
1726Latin
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Freimüthige Beleuchtung der "Freimüthigen Beleuchtung der Parität zwischen der protestantischen und der katholischen Kirche in Sachsen, besonders in Dresden"
Franz Laurenz Mauermann
1831German