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

Li Dis dou vrai aniel
Adolf Tobler
1871FRO
Marsilio Ficino
Martin Davies
2002Portuguese

Mithra, ce dieux mystérieux
M. J. Vermaseren
1960French

Notice de la sculpture antique du Musée impérial du Louvre
Wilhelm Fröhner
1869French
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Our pets
1865

Pharmacopoea generalis
Jacob Reinbold Spielmann
1786Latin

Poolside Punishment
Harley Laroux
2019

Prodigiorvm ac ostentorvm chronicon, quæ præter naturæ ordinem, motum, et operationem, et in svperioribus & his inferioribus mundi regionibus, ab exordio mundi usque ad hæc nostra tempora, acciderunt
Konrad Lykosthenes
1557Latin

Spanked Brats
Harley Laroux
2020
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Tame animals
1870

Tentamen physiologica inauguralis de modo quo nervi motui inserviunt
Oswald Charles Wood
1824Latin
The a to Z of Witchcraft
Michael D. Bailey
2009
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The book of domestic animals
1825
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The goat teaches dancing
1890
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The origin of all religious worship
Dupuis
1872
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The two goats and the sick monkey
1860
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The winter scene
1818
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[A B C book]
1820

Études sur les mystères de Mithras
Stig Wikander
1951French

"Slowly, slowly, slowly," said the sloth
Eric Carle
2002

1, 2, 3 to the zoo
Eric Carle, Chronicle Books Staff, Esther Rubio kokinos
1968

A Living Tomb (Pinpoints)
Jacqueline Morley
2000

And Tango Makes Three
Justin Richardson, Peter Parnell
2005

Angel
James Patterson
1998