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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Bericht des königl. ungarischen Ministeriums für Cultus und Unterricht an den Reichstag über den Zustand des öffentlichen Unterrichts in den Jahren 1870 und 1871
1873NOT
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Biblisches Real-Lexicon
1787German

Bild und Lied
Carl Robert
1881German

Book of Ramadosh
Maximillien De Lafayette
2010
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Breuiarium Secvndvm Vsvm Almae Et, Metropolitanae Ecclesiae Strigonien.. 1
1558Latin
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Breuiarium Secvndvm Vsvm Almae Et, Metropolitanae Ecclesiae Strigonien.. 2
1558Latin
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Breviarium Augustinianum Ad Usum Fratrum Et Monialium Ordinis Eremitarum S. Augustini, Officia & ritus Breviarij Romani, nec non suis locis, ex concessione Apostolicas, ejusdem Ordinis propria complectens
1718Latin
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Breviarium Augustinianum. Pars Autumnalis
1718Latin
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Breviarium Augustinianum. Pars Hiemalis
1718Latin
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Breviarium Augustinianum. Pars Hiemalis
1687Latin
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Breviarium Romanum
1772Latin
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Burgi Sancti Domnini super confirmationis cultus ab immemorabili tempore praestiti b. Rolando de Medicis
1839NOT
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Caeremoniale FF. Minorum Recollectorum provinciae Coloniensis
1652Latin
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Calendarium novae & antiquae pietatis, sive cultus sanctorum pro impetranda felici morte
1711Latin

Candomblé e umbanda
Vagner Gonçalves da Silva
1994Portuguese
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Caspari Waseri, Tig. subcisiva Strena Eyphēmos Anni Christiani M. DC. XV. Ad Amicos
1615Latin
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Ceremoniale
1622Latin
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Ceremoniale
1691Latin
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Ceremoniale
1689Latin

Changsŭng kwa pŏksu
Tu-ha Kim
1991Korean
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Christliche Religionsgeschichte für allerhand Gattungen von Lesern. 1,1
1780German
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Codex Wangianus
1852German
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Codex des im Königreiche Sachsen geltenden Kirchen- und Schul-Rechts mit Einschluß des Eherechts und des Rechtes der frommen und milden Stiftungen
1879German
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Codex des im Königreiche Sachsen geltenden Kirchen- und Schul-Rechts mit Einschluß des Eherechts und des Rechtes der frommen und milden Stiftungen
1864German