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
Da yun shan fang shi er zhang tu shuo
Jing Yun
1883Chinese
Daihi taizō hishō mandara daisanjū Shaka kenzoku oyobi shoten inmyō shūji Bongō myōi fudō
Annen
1739Japanese
Dairishiki
Fuyutsugu Fujiwara
1803Japanese
Damaskiou Diadochou Aporiai kai lyseis peri tōn prōtōn archōn eis ton Platōnos Parmenidēn
Damaskios
1889Ancient Greek
Dan. Heinsij Dissertatio epistolica, an viro literato ducenda sit uxor, & qualis?
Daniel Heinsius
1618Latin
Daniel van Breens Verklaring over het Boek des H. Jobs
Daniel van Breen
1666Dutch
Darstellung der griechischen grabsitte
Wenzel Kriesche
1878German
Darstellung der von Cartesius, Spinoza und Leibnitz gegebenen Beweise für das Dasein Gottes
Albrecht Friedrich Theodor Heidenfeld
1855German
Darstellung des thierischen Magnetismus als einer in der Gesetzen der Natur vollkommen gegründeten Erscheinung
Johann Bernhard Wilbrand
1824German
Darstellung und Kritik der Beweise fürs Daseyn Gottes
Karl Fortlage, C. Fortlage
1840German
Dary prirody
K. Veber
1880Russian
Das Büchlein vom Reiche Gottes
Leberecht Uhlich
1845German
Das Evangelium der armen Seele ...
Hermann Lotze
1871German
Das Heidenthum nach der heiligen Schrift neuen Testaments
Oscar Ackermann
1863German
Das Kitâb al-Wuḥûš
ʻAbd al-Malik ibn Qurayb Aṣmaʻī, Rudolf Geyer
1888German
Das Leben des Meeres
G. Hartwig
1857German
Das Meer
Matthias Jacob Schleiden
1874German
Das Mithreum von Neuenheim bei Heidelberg
Georg Friedrich Creuzer
1838German
Das Reich Gottes
Heinrich Dirks
1892German
Das Reich Gottes im licht der Parabeln des Herrn wie im Hinblick auf Vorbild und Verheissung
Jakob Schäfer
1897German
Das Reich Gottes nach dem synoptischen Evangelien
Wilhelm Lütgert
1895German
Das Reich Gottes nach den synoptischen Evangelien
Wilhelm Lütgert
1895German
Das Reich Gottes und Christi
Wilhelm Scheffer
1842German
Das Schamanentum der Jakuten
V. L. Priklonskij
1888German