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
De Deo triuno, summo israelitici exercitus imperatore, in columna nubis & ignis se manifestante oratio
Hieronymus Simons van Alphen
1734Latin
De Deo uno secundum naturam
Aemilius M. de Augustinis
1884Latin
De Diipoliorum sacro Atheniensium .
Oskar Band
1873Latin
De Eleusiniorum actione et argumento comment
Gregor Wilhelm Nitzsch
1846Latin
De Graecis quibusdam deorum appellationibus
Theodorus Bader
1867German
De Graecorum caerimoniis in quibus homines deorum vice fungebentur
Friedrich Back
1883Latin
De Graecorum sacrificulis qui hieropoioi dicuntur
Wilhelm Doermer
1883Latin
De Gratia Dei Ivstificante
Heinrich Bullinger
1554Latin
De Heer en Zijn Bijbel
Lutzen H. Wagenaar
1885Dutch
De India ejusque gloriosa juventute sermones habiti a rhetoribus Viennensibus
Augustin Hingerle
1726Latin
De Iside Sueuis olim culta
Johann Gottlob Boehme
1748Latin
De Mithrae dei Solis invicti apud Romanos cultu
Timotheus Fabri
1883Latin
De Neptuno ejusque cultu praesertim in Peloponneso
Emile Burnouf
1850Latin
De Nvmenio philosopho platonico ...
Johann Friedrich Thedinga
1875Ancient Greek
De Telesphoro deo
Ludwig Schenck
1888Latin
De Uno sive Unitate apud Graecorum philosophos
Wegener Faculty member at Städtischen Realschule zu Potsdam
1863Latin
De [gnōsei] Celementis Alexandrini et de vestigiis Neoplatonicae philosophiae in ea obviis
August Ferdinand Daehne
1831Latin
De [gnōsei] Clementis Alexandrini et de vestigiis neoplatonicae philosophiae in ea obviis commentatio historica theologica
August Ferdinand Dähne
1831Latin
De [gnōsei] Clementis Alexandrini et de vestigiis neoplatonicae philosophiae in ea obvius
August Ferdinand Daehne
1831Latin
De aeterna mentis divi nae approbatione et improbatione, doctrina brevis, et pro natura reitam arduae, explicata. Per Robertum Rollocum
Robert Rollock
1594Latin
De anima brutorum
Andrea Spagni
1775Latin
De animalibus
Albertus Magnus, Paulus Butzbach
1479Latin
De antiquis ecclesiae ritibus
Edmond Martène
1700Latin
De antiquis ecclesi©Œ ritibus libri
Edmond Martène
1736Latin