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
- Read free
A Mithriac Ritual
1907
A Pagan Ritual Prayer Book
Ceisiwr Serith
2011
A morte branca do feiticeiro negro
Renato Ortiz
1978Portuguese
Als Sonne verkannt--Mithras
Maria Weiss
1996German
Apollinaire
Mario Richter
1990Italian
Avadhī loka sāhitya meṃ prakr̥ti pūjā
Vidyā Vindu Siṃha
2014AWA
Being a Beast
Charles Foster
1777
Boginie deszczu
Kazimiera Mikoś
1997Polish
Cantiques spirituels de l'amour divin
Jean-Joseph Surin
1679French
Chirei no fukken
Kanʼichi Nomoto
2010Japanese
Chosang cherye
Ton-hŭi Im
1990Korean
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Customs of the World: A Popular Account of the Manners, Rites and Ceremonies of Men and Women in All Countries
1913
Das Pferd, der Esel und der Hund in der Heiligen Schrift
Alwin Zeller
1890German
Das Reich Gottes nach Altem und Neuem Testament, oder, Weissagung und Erfüllung
Theologen
1897German
Das Wissen Gottes nach der Lehre des heiligen Thomas von Aquin
Ceslaus M. Schneider
1884German
Das Zwölfgöttersystem der Griechen und Römer
Christian Petersen
1853German
De Deo creante
Camillo Mazzella, Camillo Cardinal Mazzella
1877Latin
De deorum romanorum cognominibus
Jesse Benedict Carter
1898Latin
De godsleer van Calvijn
P. J. Muller
1881Dutch
De godsleer van Zwingli en Calvijn
P. J. Muller
1883Dutch
Deep Ancestors
Ceisiwr Serith
2009
Der Mithraskult in Mainz und das Mithräum am Ballplatz
Ingeborg Huld-Zetsche
2008German
Der Seelencult in seinen Beziehungen zur althebräischen Religion
Julius Lippert
1881German
Der Ursprung des Monotheismus
Julius Popper
1879German