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
The devil on the doorstep
Annabelle Forest
2014
- Read free
The ducks and the frogs
Fanny Fire-Fly
1849
The essence of Alan Watts
Alan Watts
1974
- Read free
The farmer's boy
Randolph Caldecott
1881
The fear of the Lord
John Bevere
1997
The first part of a treatise concerning policy and religion
Thomas Fitzherbert, Laurence Kellam, George Tandy
1606
- Read free
The forest, the jungle, and the prairie
W. H. Davenport Adams
1882
- Read free
The fortunes of the "Ranger" and "Crusader"
William Henry Giles Kingston
1870
The golden cauldron
Nicki Scully
1991
The good and beautiful God
James Bryan Smith
2009
- Read free
The good voices, a child's guide to the Bible
Edwin Abbott Abbott
1872
- Read free
The great round world
Julia Truitt Bishop
1897
The green hedge witch
Rae Beth
2008
- Read free
The hatchet throwers
James Greenwood
1866
- Read free
The heathen and the Christian
American Sunday-School Union
1846
- Read free
The history of Goody Two-Shoes
Oliver Goldsmith
1815
- Read free
The history of Reynard the Fox, his friends and his enemies, his crimes, hairbreadth escapes and final triumph; a metrical version of the old English translation
Frederick Startridge Ellis, Walter Crane, William Caxton
1894
- Read free
The history of Sir Thomas Thumb
Mary Charlotte Yonge, Charlotte M. Yonge
1855
- Read free
The history of a little boy found under a haycock
Richard Johnson
1786
- Read free
The history of the robins
Sarah Trimmer, Hector Giacomelli, Thomas Nelson & Sons
1821
The holiness of God
R. C Sproul
1985
The holy book of women's mysteries
Zsuzsanna Emese Budapest
1979
- Read free
The horse and his ways
Blackie & Son
1898
The human figure in motion
Eadweard Muybridge, R. Taft
1883