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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Pastor sive Pastoris optimus vivendi agendique modus
Niels Hemmingsen
1565NOT
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Patronos, fautores atque amicos, aequos artium humaniorum aestimatores, ad recitationes publicas ... invitat et varios pro varietate gentium consecrandi ritus paucis disputat Io. Agustinus Groebelius
Johann Augustin Groebel
1734NOT
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Pavsaniae De Tota Graecia Libri decem
Periegeta Pausanias
1550Latin
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Perillustri. Domino. Dn. Johann. Adolpho. Kielmanno. A. Kielmanseck. Haereditario. In. Satrupholm. Et. Obdorf. Capituli. Hamburgensis. Praeposito ... Exercitationum. Antibaronianarum Primitias. Debiti. Cultus . Monimentum. L. MQ. Extare. Voluit. Adamus. Tribbechovius
Adam Tribbechow
1665Latin
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Petri Castellani Gerardimontensis Heortologion sive de festis Graecorum syntagma
Pierre Du Chastel
1617Latin
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Phallus- Cultus in Japan
Joseph Schedel
1895German
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Philotēsiai veterum
Jean Fronteau
1660NOT
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Pinacotheca Mariana Exhibens Per singulos Anni Dies Antiquitatem, Sanctitatem, Et Utilitatem, Cultus Mariani In personis omnium fere statuum & Nationum, a Sanctitate, Nobilitate, & Doctrina Conspicuis, Quas ex probatissimis Authorius, quales sunt PP. Antwerpienses, Nadasi, Barry, Drews, Soc. Jes. & aliorum SS. Ordinum, qui suorum scripserunt Menologia, Propria, Chronica, Historias & Vitas. 1, Ubersetzung für die erste drey Monat
Joseph Sebastian Klauber
1760German
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Pinacotheca Mariana Exhibens Per singulos Anni Dies Antiquitatem, Sanctitatem, Et Utilitatem, Cultus Mariani In personis omnium fere statuum & Nationum, a Sanctitate, Nobilitate, & Doctrina Conspicuis, Quas ex probatissimis Authorius, quales sunt PP. Antwerpienses, Nadasi, Barry, Drews, Soc. Jes. & aliorum SS. Ordinum, qui suorum scripserunt Menologia, Propria, Chronica, Historias & Vitas. 2, Pinacothecae Marianae Trimestre Secundum. Marianischen Bilder=Saals Zweytes Viertel Jahr
Joseph Sebastian Klauber
1760German
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Pinacotheca Mariana Exhibens Per singulos Anni Dies Antiquitatem, Sanctitatem, Et Utilitatem, Cultus Mariani In personis omnium fere statuum & Nationum, a Sanctitate, Nobilitate, & Doctrina Conspicuis, Quas ex probatissimis Authorius, quales sunt PP. Antwerpienses, Nadasi, Barry, Drews, Soc. Jes. & aliorum SS. Ordinum, qui suorum scripserunt Menologia, Propria, Chronica, Historias & Vitas. 3, Pinothecae Marianae Pars Altera: Oder Ubersetzung Des Marianischen Bilder=Saals Für Das dritte Viertel Jahr Unter Dem Schutz Mariae, Als Mächtigster Schützerin Aller Christlichen, Marianischen Fürsten, und Potentaten
Joseph Sebastian Klauber
1760German
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Pinacotheca Mariana Exhibens Per singulos Anni Dies Antiquitatem, Sanctitatem, Et Utilitatem, Cultus Mariani In personis omnium fere statuum & Nationum, a Sanctitate, Nobilitate, & Doctrina Conspicuis, Quas ex probatissimis Authorius, quales sunt PP. Antwerpienses, Nadasi, Barry, Drews, Soc. Jes. & aliorum SS. Ordinum, qui suorum scripserunt Menologia, Propria, Chronica, Historias & Vitas. 4, Pinacothecae Marianae Trimestre Quartum. Ubersetzung Des Marianischen Bilder=Saals Für Das letzte viertel Jahr
Joseph Sebastian Klauber
1760German
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Polytheismus profligatus ex theologia naturali
Daniel Otto Kegel, Johann Heinrich Lange
1684NOT
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Pontificale Romanum
Giuseppe Catalani
1738Latin
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Populäre Mythologie , oder Götterlehre aller Völker
Joseph Seligmann Kohn
1845German
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Populäres Lehrbuch der Religion oder Der katholische Katechismus, gründlich und gemeinfaßlich erklärt, und durch Gleichnisse und Beispiele erläutert mit steter Berücksichtigung unserer Zeit
Joseph Deharbe
1851German
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Praemium Angelici Cultus victoria Ferdinando Antonio Collata
Franz Lang
1694German
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Praktische Theologie. 1. 1. Einleitung und Grundlegung der praktischen Theologie. 2. Theorie und Geschichte des Cultus . 1877. - XII, 635 S
Theodosius Harnack
1877NOT
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Predigt bei der religiösen Feyer der israelitischen Gemeinde zu München, am Vorabende des 16. Februar 1824 des fünf und zwanzigjährigen Regierungs-Jubiläums Maximilian Josephs
Benedikt Mainer
1824German
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Primitiarum gentium seu historiae S.S. trium regum Magorum tomi III. 3, Historicus, quo reditus eorum, gesta, martyrium, translationes et novissima Coloniam Agripinam, denique cultus eorundem ... eruuntur
Hermann Crombach
1654Latin
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Programma quo rector Universitatis Gryhiswaldensis Christinaus Nettelbladt ... ritus ac ceremonias, quibus paschatos festum celebravere veteres Christiani, recenset
Christian von Nettelbladt
1734NOT
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Programma, Quo Rector Universitatis Gryphiswaldensis Jac. Henr. Balthasar S. Theol. D. Et Prof. Ordin. ... Cives Academicos Ad Sancti Michaelis Festum Rite Celebrandum Cohortatur, Simulque Exempla Quaedam Superstitiosi Et Idololatrici Cultus S. Michaelis In Academia Nostra Ante Reformationis Tempora Recenset
Jakob Heinrich von Balthasar
1750Latin
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Pr̃enesseni S. Norberta, arcy biskupa (néskdy) Magdeburského, swaté rźimské rźisse prymasa a kniźete pŕedniho
1628Czech
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Qu. Sept. Flor. Tertulliani Opera. 2, Libri ad ritus et mores Christianorum pertinentes
Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus
1839Latin
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Quinti Septimii Florentis Tertulliani quae supersunt omnia. 1, Continens libros apologeticos et qui ad ritus et mores Christianorum pertinent
Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus
1853Latin