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
Age of myth
Michael J. Sullivan
2016
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All aboard for the lakes and mountains
Edward A. Rand
1883
Alla ricerca dei tesori perduti
Elisabetta Dami
2016
Along an African border
Sónia Silva
2011
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Among the meadow people
Clara Dillingham Pierson
1897
An alarm to the world
Simon Hough
1792
An essay for the recording of illustrious providences
Increase Mather
1684
Ancestor Worship and the Elite in Late Iron Age Scandinavia
Triin Laidoner
2020
Ancestor worship and Christianity in Korea
Jung Young Lee
1988
Ancient Mystery Cults
Walter Burkert
1989
Ancient pagan symbols
Elisabeth Goldsmith
1973
Ancient wisdom and secret sects
Time-Life Books
1989
Andokides and the Herms
William D Furley
1996
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Anecdotal and descriptive natural history
A. Romer
1872
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Anecdotes of the habits and instincts of birds, reptiles, and fishes
Sarah Bowdich Lee, R. Mrs Lee
1853
Animal Life at Low Temperature
John Davenport
1899
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Animal biography
Sidney Babcock
1841
Animal carvings from mounds of the Mississippi Valley
Henry Wetherbee Henshaw
1883
Animal cell culture and production of biologicals
Japanese Association for Animal Cell Technology. Meeting
1899
Animal dispersal
Nils Chr Stenseth, William Zander Lidicker
1899
Animal liberation
Peter Singer
1975
Animal population dynamics
Robert Moss, Adam Watson, J. Ollason
1899
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Animal sketches
C. Lloyd Morgan
1891
- Read free
Animals
James Bishop
1857