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
Horse stories and stories of other animals
Thomas Wallace Knox
1890
How do we know there is a God?
Religious Tract Society
1851
How the love of God is the true ground of hatred of sin
Richard Baker
1660
How to know the will of God
Henry Drummond
1897
How to measure an animal
Ernest Thompson Seton
1898
How to train animals
W. H. Burroughs
1894
How to train animals
McManus-Young Collection
1894
Howitt's miscellaneous etchings
Samuel Howitt
1806
Howitt's miscellaneous etchings, old & new
Samuel Howitt
1812
Hugo Grotius Against paganism, Judaism, Mahumetism
Hugo Grotius, Clement Barksdale
1676
Human magnetism
Jacob Baker, Jacob Baker and M.D. Phillips
1843
Humane leaflet[s]
George T. Angell
1870
Humanity to animals the Christian's duty
William Hamilton Drummond
1830
Humble suggestions to his countrymen who believe in the one true God
Prusunnu Koomar Thakoor
1823
Huna Totem Corporation Land Exchange Act
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources
2000
Hymnal according to the use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America
Episcopal Church
1872
Hēsychia Christianou, or, A Christian's acquiescence in all the products of divine providence
Simon Ford
1665
Iacob is become a flame and the house of Esav stubble, or, The battail betwixt Michael and the dragon
William Bayly
1662
Idiota's, or, Duns contemplations of divine love
John Duns Scotus
1662
If I were God
Richard Le Gallienne
1897
If it plese ony man spirituel or temporel to bye ony pyes of two and thre comemoracio[n]s of saliburi vse ..
William Caxton
1477
Illustrated guide to the jungle
Rowland Ward
1895
Illustrated history of wild animals and other curiosities contained in P.T. Barnum's new and greatest show on earth, museum, menagerie, polytechnic institute, and international zoological garden
S. S. Smith
1878
Illustrated natural history of the most remarkable quadrupeds, birds, fishes, serpents, reptiles, and insects
Mary Trimmer
1847