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
Master of the Mysteries
Louis Sahagun
2008
Meet the woodland folk
Tony Wolf
1984
- Read free
Memoirs of John Urquhart
William Orme
1828
- Read free
Minnie's pet dog ... illustrated
Madeline Leslie
1864
- Read free
Minnie's pet horse ... illustrated
Madeline Leslie
1864
- Read free
Minnie's pet lamb ... illustrated
Madeline Leslie
1864
- Read free
Minnie's pet monkey ... illustrated
Madeline Leslie
1864
- Read free
Minnie's pet parrot ... illustrated
Madeline Leslie
1864
- Read free
Miss Peck's adventures
L
1854
Mithraic studies
International Congress of Mithraic Studies Manchester University 1971
1975
Mithraism in Ostia
Samuel Laeuchli
1967
Mithras
D. Jason Cooper
1996
Mithras
Esmé Wynne-Tyson
1972
Modern Pagan
Brian Day
2004
- Read free
Monsters of the sea
John Gibson
1887
Monuments in cedar
Edward L. Keithahn
1945
Motel fetish
Chas Ray Krider
1996
- Read free
Mr. Stubbs's brother
James Otis Kaler
1882
- Read free
Museum of foreign animals, or, History of beasts
Sidney Babcock
1828
Musse und Kult
Josef Pieper
1948
- Read free
My Apingi kingdom
Paul B. Du Chaillu
1870
- Read free
My dog Rover, and some good that he did in the world
Maxwell
1864
- Read free
My feathered friends
John George Wood
1858
- Read free
My little song book
Rufus Merrill & Co
1843