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
Afgoden-dienst der Jesuiten in China waar over sy nog heden beschuldigt worden aan het hof van Romen
Joannes Mauritius
1711Dutch
African scenery and animals
Samuel Daniell
1804
Aggressivität, Ritus, Säkularisierung
Peter Weidkuhn
1965German
Aguia real, fenix abrazado, pelicano amante
Leonarda Gil da Gama, Antonio da Sylva, Officina Pinheiriense da Musica
1744Latin
Ain Sermon Darin zů allen Eua[n]gelische[n] prediger ein freliche trostliche Ermanu[n]g ist, Dz sy das aller gröst heilthum[b], Dz lebedig wort gotes frelich vnd köck. den dürstigen seelen fürleg[e]n, vn[d] sy vo[n] kainer creatur[e]n schrecken lassen, vast nutzlich. auss de[m] prophete[n] vnd apostle[n] gezoge[n]
Caspar Adler
1523German
Ain Sermon am pfingstag
Martin Luther
1522German
Akhen yesh ha-Shem
Joseph Judah Löb Sossnitz
1875Hebrew
Al- Hadīyah al-shihābīyah
Mushtaq Ahmad
1898Persian
Album
Lemaitre & Bontemps, Aubine-Lemaitre
1885French
Album des bêtes
J. J. Grandville
1850French
Aldi Manutii Paulli filii Aldi nepotis De falsa antiquorum religione deque larario
Aldo Manuzio
1773Latin
Alfabeto di secreti medicinali
Lazaro Grandi
1670Italian
Algemeene beschouwingen van de driften der dieren
Hermann Samuel Reimarus
1761Dutch
All'eterna fama dell'eminentissimo e reverendissimo signor cardinale Giovanni Maria Riminaldi, il collegio dei riformatori della Pontificia Università di Ferrara le presenti lugubri memorie dedica e consacra
Anton von Maron
1790Italian
Allgemeine Betrachtungen über die Triebe der Thiere
Hermann Samuel Reimarus
1762German
Allgemeine tierzucht
L. Hoffmann
1899German
Almanach der Heiligen auf das Jahr 1788
Heinrich Gottfried von Bretschneider
1788German
Almanach du magnétisme, hygiénique et populaire, pour l'an de grâce 1847
Virginie Plain
1847French
Almanach vétérinaire et d'économie rurale
Félix Vogeli
1859French
Alwāḥ al-jawāhir lil-Ḥakīm al-maʻrūf qudwat ahl al-falāsifah Aflāṭūn
Πλάτων
1894Multiple languages
Amhara traditions of knowledge
Harald Aspen
2001Multiple languages
Ammonio Sakkas
Eleuterio Elorduy
1959Spanish
Ammonio Sakkas : I. La doctrina de la creación y del mal en Proclo y el Ps. Areopagita
Eleuterio Elorduy
1959Spanish
Amphitheatrum aeternae prouidentiae diuino-magicum
Giulio Cesare Vanini
1615Latin