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
Anzeygu[n]g warumb Gott die welt so lange zeyt hab verplendet vn[d] irrhen lassen
Andreas Althamer
1527German
Aphorismen über Nichtwissen und absolutes Wissen im Verhältnisse zur christlichen Glaubenserkenntniss
Karl Friedrich Göschel
1829German
Aphorismes de M. Mesmer, dictés à l'assemblée de ses éleves, & dans lesquels on trouve ses principes sa théorie & les moyens de magnétiser ... Ouvrage mis au jour par M. Caullet de Veaumorel
Franz Anton Mesmer
1785French
Apollons Ankunft in Delphi
P. W. Forchhammer, Johann Joachim Winckelmann
1840German
Apologie des bestes
Gilles Morfouace de Beaumont
1732French
Apologus Auiani ciuis Romani adolescentulis ad mores et latinum sermonem capescendos vtilissimus
Avianus, Heinrich Quentell, Richard Ashhurst Bowie
1494Latin
Apotheseas tam exterarum gentium qvam Romanorvm deorvm libri tres
Georg Pictorius
1558Latin
Appel au public sur le magnetisme animal, ou, Projet d'un journal pour le seul avantage du public, et dont il serait le coopérateur
de Mouilleseaux
1787French
Ara ignoto deo sacra
Samuel Drake
1724Latin
Arcanes de la vie future dévoilés
Louis Alphonse Cahagnet
1896French
Architektur der Thiere
Carl Koch
1872German
Archäologische Beiträge zur Geschichte des eleusinischen Kults
Heinz Gerhard Pringsheim
1905German
Argumenti de Dei existentia ontologici
J. Bergmann
1865Latin
Arhest bariokʻ sireloy, kam
Cajetanus Corazza
1819Armenian
Aristotelis De natura animalium libri nouem ; De partibus animalium libri quattuor ; De generatione animalium libri quinq[ue]
Aristotle, Theodōros Gazēs, Bartholomaeus de de Portesio Zanis, Ottaviano Scotto
1498Latin
Arnobii Afri Adversus gentes libri VII
Arnobius of Sicca
1651Latin
Arnobii Disputationvm adversvs gentes libri octo
Arnobius of Sicca, Fausto Sabeo, Girolamo Ferrari, Francesco Priscianese, Marcus Minucius Felix
1542Latin
Arnobii disputationum adversus Gentes libri septem
Arnobius of Sicca
1603Latin
Arrêt du Conseil d'État du roi, pour prévenir les dangers des maladies des animaux
France. Conseil d'Etat
1784French
Arrête de l'Assemblée générale du 6 septembre 1790
1ère. Bataillon Paris. Garde nationale. Division
1790French
Artis
J. E. Rombouts
1888Dutch
As Mirongas de Umbanda
Byron Tôrres de Freitas
1953Portuguese
Asama no Ōkami goden ryakki
Masataka Kinoto
1876Japanese
Asāṭīr al-khiṣb al-inbātī fī ḥaḍārāt al-Sharq al-Adná al-Āsiyawī
Jūrj F. Naḥḥās
2006Arabic