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
Copie d'vne lettre escrite par le père Jacques Bigot de la Compagnie de Jésus, l'an 1684
Jacques Bigot
1858French
Cornelius celsus cum tabula
Aulus Cornelius Celsus, Avicenna, Michael Scot
1524
Corona fúnebre dedicada a la memoria de nuestro inolvidable Padre Olallo
Eduardo Nápoles
1889Spanish
Costumbres de los indigenas que habitan en el Valle del Amazonas en el departamento de Loreto
Manuel Rodrigues Pinto Rubens
1873French
Cours théorique et pratique de magnétisme animal
Jean Joseph Adolphe Ricard
1839French
Crenças, adivinhação e medicina tradicionais dos Tutchokwe do Nordeste de Angola
João Vicente Martins
1993Portuguese
Crinoida
D. C. Danielssen
1892Norwegian
Croquis d'animaux
Paul Renouard
1800French
Cuatro libros de la naturaleza y virtudes de las plantas y animales
Hernández, Francisco, Francisco Ximénez, Antonio Peñafiel
1888Spanish
Culti naturalistici della Liguria antica
Italo Pucci
1997Italian
Culto festivo pompa solemne conque celebrô la canonizacion de el esclarecido padre de pobres san Juan de Dios patriarcha
Juan Antonio Ramírez Santibáñez
1702Spanish
Cérémonial des évêques commente et explique
Évêque Suffragant de la Province Ecclésiastique de Québec
1856French
Cérémonial observé dans les fêtes et les grandes recéptions à la cour de Khoubilaĭ Khaân
Jean Pierre Guillaume Pauthier
1862French
Cérémonies usitées au Japon pour les mariages et les funérailles
Isaac Titsingh
1819French
D. Conradi Bruni iureconsulti Opera tria, nunc primum aedita
Conradus Brunus
1548Latin
D. Heinrich Müllers Geistliche Erquick-Stunden oder Dreyhundert Haus- und Tisch-Andachten, nebst einigen theologischen Bedencken von der Abgötterey der heutigen Maul-Christen und brüderlicher Bestraffung; auch vierfachen vollständigen Registern, davon eines diejenigen andachten anzeiget, welche die Sonn- und Fest-Tags-Evangelien und Episteln sehr erbaulich erläutern
Heinrich Müller
1738German
D. Johann August Unzers Grundriss eines Lehrgebäudes von der Sinnlichkeit der thierischen Körper
Johann August Unzer
1768German
D. Johann Dieterich Wincklers ... Anzeige
Johann Dietrich Winckler
1745German
D. Johann Dieterich Wincklers ... Zulänglicher Beweiss
Johann Dietrich Winckler
1745German
Da Dai sang fu bian chu
De Dai
1889Chinese
Da Qing tong li
Bao Lai
1756Chinese
Da Qing tong li pin guan shi shu yi zuan
Shilu Liu
1831Chinese
Da li zuan yao
Shu Xi
1525Chinese
Da tang jiao si lu
Jing Wang
1644Chinese