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
Nekrokēdeia
Thomas Greenhill
1705
Neoplatonism and gnosticism
International Conference on Neoplatonism and Gnosticism
1992
New handbook for England, Wales, and Scotland, of the laws and regulations relating to contagious and infectious diseases among animals
Great Britain. Privy Council Office. Agricultural Department
1885
New handbook of the laws and regulations relating to contagious and infectious diseases among animals in Great Britain
Rand McNally
1875
New illustrated rural manuals : comprising The house, The farm, The garden, Domestic animals : complete in one volume
Daniel Harrison Jacques
1859
Nights with an old gunner
C. J. Cornish
1899
No King but Jesus, or, The Walls of tyrannie razed and the foundations of unjust monarchy discovered to the view of all that desire to see it
Henry Haggar
1652
No reason to desire new revelations
Offspring Blackall
1700
North American Acalepho
Alexander Agassiz
1865
Not fear, but love
Arthur Bury
1683
Notes on animal mechanics, [ostriches]
Samuel Haughton
1864
Notes on joint worms
Charles V. Riley
1885
Notice respecting the zoology of the Falkland Islands
Prosper Garnot
1827
O inhabitants of the earth, hear the Word of the Lord, his powerful Word, concerning his purpose and decree against the rulers and governours of this nation, and against the inhabitants thereof, who hath rejected the counsel of the Lord
Laurence Willer
1685
Observations on caverns containing bones
Baron Georges Cuvier
1827
Observations on live stock
George Culley
1789
Observations on the kingdom of peace under the benign reign of Messiah
David Low Dodge
1816
Observations on the manners of a live Toucan now exhibited in this country
William John Broderip
1825
Observations on the structure, oeconomy, and diseases of the foot of the horse, and on the principles and practice of shoeing
Edward Coleman
1798
Observations on the temperature of man and other animals
John Davy
1825
Observations relative to the fossil elk of the Isle of Mann
H. R. Oswald
1825
Occupation of public lands by cattle companies
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Lands
1886
Ocean world
Louis Figuier
1869
Of Christ's kingdom
Richard Duke
1704