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
Wuthering heights
Emily Brontë
1848
Yakṣa in Hinduism and Buddhism
Gail Hinich Sutherland
1992
Yoruba heathenism
James pastor Johnson
1899
Youth called upon to remember God
John M. Whiton
1817
Zhen yi you xu
Shiwei Xie, Yunci Fang, 謝世維, 方韻慈
2021Chinese
Zoological contributions
Samuel Stehman Haldeman
1842
Zoological notes and anecdotes
William White Cooper
1852
Zoology and food fishes
George Bond Howes
1883
Zoroastrian deities on Indo-Scythian coins
Aurel Sir Stein
1887
[ Terribilia Dei
Cotton Mather
1697
[A discourse concerning the beauty of Providence
John Wilkins
1718
[An essay on the justice of God]
William Hazlitt
1700
[Angelokratia theou], or, A sermon touching Gods government of the world by angels
Robert Gell
1650
[Animal cruelty pamphlets]
C. A. Hamlin, C. M. Fairchild Mrs Allen, George T. Angell, American Humane Association, New York Anti-Vivisection Society, Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Humane Education Committee
1898
[Jerusalems fall, Englands warning ... of Gods word.]
F. S
1617
[Judgments of Court of Claims requiring appropriations.]
United States. Dept. of the Treasury
1817
[Mans] last end
Richard Sheldon
1635
[Notes from the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer] "Blake," 1878-1879
Alexander Agassiz, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
1878
[Pamphlets
William Boyd Dawkins
1876
[Pamphlets
Jesse Walter Fewkes
1891
[Preservation of forests.]
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
1888
[Regulations for cattle quarantine line in southwestern States.]
United States. Department of Agriculture. National Agricultural Library
1894
[Variation of animals and plants under domestication article in the "Nation"]
Charles Darwin
1868
[Wood engravings of Thomas Bewick, prefaced by Paul Standard's verse At Cherryburn]
Thomas Bewick
1830