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
He mooolelo no na holoholona wawae eha
J. L. Comstock, William Richards, American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
1834HAW
Hegel e il neoplatonismo
Giancarlo Movia
1999Italian
Henchiin
Ninnaji. Kaimyōji
1869Japanese
Hermanni Witsii Aegyptiaca, et Dekaphylon
Herman Witsius
1696Latin
Herrn Christian Wolfs ... Naturliche Gottesgelahreit nach beweisende Lehrart abgefasset ...
Christian Wolff
1742German
Herrn Christian Wolfs ... Natürliche Gottesgelahrtheit nach beweisender Lehrart abgefasset ...
Christian Wolff, Gottlieb Hagen
1742German
Hesiodi Ascraei poetae vetvstissimi ac sapientissimi opera
Hesiod
1544Ancient Greek
Het animisme bij de volken van den Indischen Archipel
G. A. Wilken
1884Dutch
Het tweede Boeck des Auteurs, handelende van de drie Principien van't Goddelijcke Wesen
Jacob Boehme
1619Dutch
Het verbond der genaden
Jacobus Koelman
1695Dutch
Hetazotutʻiwn Hay ditsabanutʻean
Heinrich Karl Guido Gelzer
1897Armenian
Hieroglyphica animalium terrestrium, volatilium, natatilium, reptilium, insectorum, vegetivorum, metallorum, lapidum: &c. quæ in scripturis Sacris inveniuntur
Archibald Simson
1624Latin
Hieroglyphica, seu, De sacris Aegyptiorum aliarumque gentium literis commentarij
Pierio Valeriano
1595Latin
Hieroglyphica, sev De sacris aegyptorvm aliarvmqve gentivm literis commentarii ...
Pierio Valeriano
1602Latin
Hieroglyphica, sive, De sacris Aegyptiorum, aliarúmque gentium literis commentarii Ioannis Pierii Valeriani Bolzanii bellunensis, a Caelio Avgvstino Curione duobus libris aucti, & multis imaginibus illustrati
Pierio Valeriano
1579Latin
Hieronymi Fabricii ab Aqvapendente ... De brvtorvm loqvela
Fabricius ab Aquapendente
1603Latin
Hieronymi Osorii, Lvsitani, episcopi Algarbiensis
Jerónimo Osório
1581Latin
Hieronymi Rorarii ... Quòd animalia bruta ratione utantur meliùs homine libri duo
Girolamo Rorario
1666Latin
Hieronymi Rorarii exlegati pontificii, quòd animalia bruta ratione utantur meliùs homine libri duo
Hieronymus Rorarius
1654Latin
Hierozoicon, sive, Bipertitum opus de animalibus S. Scripturae
Samuel Bochart
1692Latin
Higashi Ajia ni okeru sosen sūhai
Asian Folklore Congress
1981Japanese
Hin hawatkkʻ kam hetʻanosakan krōnkʻ Hayotsʻ.
Ghewond M. Alishan
1895Armenian
Histoire critique de l'éclectisme, ou des nouveaux platoniciens
Guillaume Maleville
1766French
Histoire de Dieu
Antoine Charma
1847French