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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Neueste Religionsgeschichte . 7
Christian Wilhelm Franz Walch
1779German
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Neueste Religionsgeschichte . 8
Christian Wilhelm Franz Walch
1781German
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Nicht und Nichts, Liebe um Liebe, Mehr um Mehr
Joseph Franz von Allioli
1867German
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Notitia Conciliorum Sanctae Ecclesiae
Jean Cabassut
1670Latin
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Notitia Conciliorvm Sanctae Ecclesiae
Jean Cabassut
1669Latin
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Notizen über sämmtliche Alterthümer, Grab- und Denkmähler, welche dermahl in dem Garten und in den Feldern des Hrn. Jos. Rosenegger, Inhabers des Landsitzes Birglstein nächst der Hauptstadt Salzburg, hervorgegraben, und einstweilen in mehrern Zimmern aufgestellt worden sind
Patriz von Kurz
1817German
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Novena de Santa Felicidad mártir, protectora de la paz de Ayacucho
1836Spanish
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Observationum critico-biblicar. fasciculus, in quo in ritus precantium in ecclesia patriarchali inquiritur
Franz Woken
1726NOT
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Observationum libri tres
Gisbert Cuper
1670Latin
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Officium Divinum Hebdomadæ Eucharisticæ, seu Horæ Canonicæ de Solemnitate Festi SS. Corporis Christi
von Aquin Thomas
1767German
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Omnium gentium mores leges et ritus
Johann Boehme
1536NOT
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Omnium gentium mores, leges & ritus
Johann Boehme
1536Latin
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Omnivm Gentivm Mores, Leges & Ritus
Johann Boehme
1536Latin
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Omnivm Gentivm Mores, Leges Et Ritus
Johann Boehme
1571Latin
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Opera omnia liturgica
Giovanni M Cavalieri
1758Latin
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Opus Polyhistoricum, Dissertationibus XXV. De Osculis, Subnexisq[ue] de Judae Ingenio, Vita & fine, sacris Epiphyllidibus, Absolutum
Martin von Kempe
1680Latin
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Oratiuncula De Origine, Actv, Ceremoniis, & Vtilitatibus, Quas habet Ritus ille plerisq[ue] in Academiis usitatus, Depositio Beanorvm
Adam Wilhelm Friedrich
1622NOT
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Oratiuncula de origine, actu, ceremoniis et utilitatibus, quas habet ritus ille plerisque in academiis usitatus, depositio beanorum
Adam Wilhelm Friedrich
1622NOT
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Orbis Gothicus. Id Est. Historica Narratio, Omnium Fere Gothici Nominis Populorum Origines, Sedes, Lingvas, Regimen, Reges, Mores, Ritus Varios, Conversionem Ad Fidem &c. &c. Exhibens .... 1
Matthaeus Praetorius
1688Latin
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Orbis Gothicus. Id Est. Historica Narratio, Omnium Fere Gothici Nominis Populorum Origines, Sedes, Lingvas, Regimen, Reges, Mores, Ritus Varios, Conversionem Ad Fidem &c. &c. Exhibens .... 2
Matthaeus Praetorius
1689Latin
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Orbis Gothicus. Id Est. Historica Narratio, Omnium Fere Gothici Nominis Populorum Origines, Sedes, Lingvas, Regimen, Reges, Mores, Ritus Varios, Conversionem Ad Fidem &c. &c. Exhibens .... 3
Matthaeus Praetorius
1689Latin
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Orbis Gothicus. Id Est. Historica Narratio, Omnium Fere Gothici Nominis Populorum Origines, Sedes, Lingvas, Regimen, Reges, Mores, Ritus Varios, Conversionem Ad Fidem &c. &c. Exhibens .... 4
Matthaeus Praetorius
1689Latin
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P. Ovidii Nasonis Vita ordine chronologico sic delineata
Jean Masson
1708Latin
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Paradoxa regum et summi magistratus privilegia, dignitates et axiomata
Julien Tabouet
1560NOT