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
Nicene and post-Nicene Fathers
Philip Schaff
1895
No Ordinary Love Story
Sophie Morgan
2013
- Read free
No baby in the house
Clara G. Burtchaell
1868
- Read free
Noah's ark, or, "Mornings in the zoo."
Phil Robinson
1882
- Read free
Nonsense songs, stories, botany, and alphabets
Edward Lear
1871
North American Indian portfolio
George Catlin
1844
North American Totem Poles
Molly Perham
1999
Not in his image
John Lash
2006
Object Lessons
E. L. McCallum
1998
Occult ABC
Kurt E. Koch
1978
- Read free
Ocean wonders
William Emerson Damon
1879
Ocular circulation and neovascularization
David Benezra
1899
Of witches
Janet Thompson
1993
- Read free
Old Rough the miser
Lily F. Wesselhoeft
1891
- Read free
Old friends in a new dress
Richard Scrafton Sharpe
1820
Old style conjure
Starr Casas
2017
On the Pythagorean life
Iamblichus
1707
On the modern cult of the factish gods
Bruno Latour
2010
Orpheus and Greek religion
W. K. C. Guthrie
1935
- Read free
P.T. Barnum's menagerie
P. T. Barnum
1888
- Read free
Paddy O'Learey and his learned pig
Elizabeth W. Champney
1895
Pagan Britain
Ronald Hutton
2013
Pagan Ethics
Michael York
2015
Pagan Every Day
Barbara Ardinger
2006