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 subsistentiâ tōi theiōi logōi apud Philonem tributâ
Christian Wilhelm Niedner
1848German
De supulchris Hebræorum
Johann Nicolai
1706Latin
De svlevis campestribvs fatis
Max Siebourg
1886Latin
De tribvs Elohim, aeterno Patre, Filio, et Spiritv Sancto
Girolamo Zanchi
1572Latin
De varietatibus specierum in naturae productis disquisitio philosophica
Eugen Johann Christoph Esper
1781
De vbiquitate, seu, Omnipraesentia Dei
Johann Wigand
1589Latin
De veneratione sancto[rum] libri duo
Josse Clichtove
1525Latin
De veneratione sanctorum
Josse Clichtove
1523Latin
De veneratione sanctorum, opusculum
Josse Clichtove
1523Latin
De veneratione sanctorum, opusculum duos libros coplectens
Josse Clichtove
1523Latin
De vi atque sensu formulae dikaiosynē theoy
Johann Laurent Zimmermann
1833German
De vocatione omnium gentium libri duo
Saint Prosper of Aquitaine
1868Latin
De voce & re fidei, quod'que sola fide iustificemur, contra pharisaicum hypocritarum fermentum, liber
Matthias Flacius Illyricus
1563Latin
De volvntate & actionibus Dei circa peccatum, libri qvatvor. Ecclesiarum reformatarum, inprimis Scoticanae, judicio humiliter oblati, & lubentissime submissi
John Strang
1657Latin
De voornaamste waarheden van den Christelyken Godsdienst
Jakobus Alanus de Gontaut
1788Dutch
De wijsbegeerte, den mensch met zich zelven verzoenende
Cornelis Opzoomer
1846Dutch
De wonderlyke leidinge Gods
Christiaan Salomon Duitsch
1768Dutch
Decas exercitationum philologicarum de vera pronuntiatione nominis Jehova
Joannes Drusius
1707Italian
Decas exercitationum philologicarum de vera pronuntiatione nominis Jehova ...
Adriaan Reelant
1707Latin
Decas exercitationus philologicarum de vera pronuntiatione nominis Jehova
Adriaan Reelant, Joannes Drusius, Sixtinus Amama, Louis Cappel, Johann Buxtorf, Jacob Alting, Nicholas Fuller, Thomas Gataker, Johannes Leusden
1707Latin
Dei invisibilis visio beatifica modestissime exponenda
Christian Eberhard Weismann
1746Latin
Dei pregiudizi popolari intorno agli animali
Carlo Guiseppe Gené, Michele Lessona
1869Italian
Del calore animale e delle arie di diverse specie
Giorgio Morosini
1789Italian
Del clementia in animalia domestica multos eorum morbos avertente
Teobolʹd Renner
1812Latin