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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The image of the Cross and Lights on the Altar, in the Christian Church, and in heathen temples before the Christian era, especially in the British Isles
Benjamin Homer Dixon
1879
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Cours de magnétisme animal
Jules Dupotet
1834French
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Il teatro del dolore
Emanuele Tesauro, Carlo De Palma, Bartolomeo Zavatta
1664Italian
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Joachimi Camerarii Symbolorvm et emblematvm centvriæ tres
Joachim Camerarius
1605Latin
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Le essequie celebratesi nella chiesa delle MM. RR. Madri di S. Orsola di Mantoua
Antonio Gobio, Frans Geffels, Ossana
1676Italian
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Mythologische Forschungen aus dem Nachlasse, von Wilhelm Mannhardt
Wilhelm Mannhardt, Müllenhoff, Karl, Hermann Patzig, Wilhelm Scherer
1884German
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Distinta decrizione de' funerali celebrati nella Real Cappella per la difonta augustissima signora imperadrice Eleonora Maddalena Teresa di Neuburgh, vedova dell'Imperador Leopoldo Primo ambo di gloriosa memoria
Sebastiano Paoli, Francesco de Grado, Ferdinando Poletti
1720Italian
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Explication de divers monumens singuliers, qui ont rapport a la religion des plus anciens peuples
Jacques Martin
1739French
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Le maestevoli esequie in morte del serenissimo signor duca Francesco I. di sempre venerata memoria
Angiolo Cattabiani, Adalberto Dalla Nave, Giuseppe Pini, Giuseppe Rosati
1727Italian
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Monete antiche di Capua
Francesco Daniele
1802Latin
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Description de la fe te patriotique du 14 juillet [1790]
Neuf-Brisach
1790French
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Gloriae theatrum
Giovanni Ambrogio Besozzi, Giovanni Battista Bonacina, Cesare Fiori, Giuseppe Maria Maraviglia
1671Italian
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In funere Iacobi III Magnae Britanniae, Franciae, Hiberniae regis oratio
Horatius Mattei, Ottavio Puccinelli
1766Latin
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Ioannis MeursI Eleusinia, siue, De Cereris Eleusinae sacro, ac festo
Johannes van Meurs
1619Latin
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Oratio Ioannisbaptistae Adrianii habita in fvnere Cosmi Medicis magni Etruriae ducis
Giovanni Battista Adriani
1574Latin
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Petri Angelii Bargaei Laudatio ad fvnebrem concionem quae Pisis habita est in exequiis Cosmi Medicis magni Hetruriae dvcis
Pietro Angèli
1574Latin
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Chando hoju churye
Asami Collection, Asami Collection CUY, Korean Rare Book Collection CUY
1648Korean
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Esequie dell'Altezza Reale del Serenissimo Cosimo III., granduca di Toscana
Leonardo Del Riccio, Vincenzo Franceschini
1725Italian
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Esequie di Filippo IV. cattolico re di Spagna
Giovanni Batista Borgherini, Giovanni Battista Falda, Ferdinando Tacca
1665Italian
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Lettera intorno alle cirimonie, e complimenti degli antichi romani
Clemente Baroni Cavalcabò
1750Italian
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Monumenta veteris Antii, hoc est, Inscriptio M. Aquilii et tabula solis Mithrae variis figuris & symbolis exsculpta quae nuper inibi reperta, nunc prodeunt commentari illustrata, & accuratè explicata
Filippo della Bishop of Adria Torre, Filippo Della Torre
1700Latin
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Philippi a Turre episcopi adriensis Monumenta veteris Antii commentario illustrata, hoc est, Inscriptio M. Aquilii & tabula solis Mithrae variis symbolis exsculpta ...
Filippo Della Torre, Giusto Fontanini, Girolamo Mainardi
1724Latin
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Rapport fait au nom du Comite de salut public, par Maximilien Robespierre, sur les rapports des ide es religieuses et morales avec les principes re publicains, et sur fe tes nationales
Maximilien Robespierre, David, Jacques Louis, 1748-1825. Plan de la fête a l'Étre suprême, qui doit être célébrée le 20 prairial, France. Convention nationale, France. Convention nationale. Comité de salut public
1794French
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Recherches sur le culte de Bacchus
Pierre Nicolas Rolle
1824French