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
L'intelligence des animaux
Ernest Menault
1868French
L'intelligence des bêtes
Victor Rendu
1863French
L'omeopatia paragonata agli altri metodi di curare le malattie
Maurizio Poeti, Carlo Dugnani
1848Italian
L'école eschatologique et ses adversaires
Louis Kovács
1838French
L. Coelii Lacta[n]cii firmiani diuina[rum] institutionu[m] aduersus ge[n]tes liber prim[us] ...
Lactantius, Antonio da Rho, Venantius Honorius Clementianus Fortunatus, Adam Genuensis, Johann von Köln, Johann Manthen, Richard Ashhurst Bowie, Cosmo Alexander Gordon, Katedra Wrocławska
1478Latin
L. Coelii Lactantii Firmiani Divinarum institutionum aduersus gentes de falsa religione
Lactantius, Giovanni Andrea Bussi, Antonio da Rho, Venantius Honorius Clementianus Fortunatus, Simon Bevilaqua, Ernesto Pagnoni, C. Glingler
1497Latin
L. Fenestellae De magistratibus, sacerdotijsq[ue] Romanorum libellus
L. Fenestella
1530Latin
L. Fenestellae De magistratibus, sacerdotijśque Romanorum libellus, iam primum nitori restitutus
L. Fenestella
1523Latin
L. Fenestellae De magistratibus, sacerdotisq́; Romanorum libellus, iam primùm nitori restitutus. Pomponii Laeti itidem de Magistratibus & sacerdotijs, & praeterea de diuersis legibus Romanorum
L. Fenestella, Giulio Pomponio Leto
1551Latin
L. Fenestellae [pseud.] De magistratibvs, sacerdotiisqve Romanorvm, libellvs
L. Fenestella
1607Latin
L. Fenestellæ De magistratibus sacerdotiisq[ue] Romanorum libellus, iam primū nitori suo restitutus
L. Fenestella
1542Latin
La Béatification du vénérable J.-B. De La Salle, fondateur de l'Institut des frères des écoles chrétiennes
Christian Brothers
1888French
La Bêté comparée à l'homme
Bonniot
1889French
La Paix et la Trêve de Dieu
Ernest Semichon
1857French
La Salette vengée, ou réponse aux attaques les plus récentes contre l'apparition de la Sainte Vierge sur la montagne de la Salette, le 19 septembre 1846
François Désiré Doyen
1857French
La ballena euskara (Balæna euskariensis)
Cándido Rios Rial, San Sebastían
1890Spanish
La beste transformée en machine
Jean M. Darmanson
1684French
La conduite de la divine providence et l'adoration perpetuelle qui lui est dûe
Henri Marie Boudon
1740French
La confrérie des chasseurs Malinké et Bambara
Youssouf Tata Cissé
1994BAM
La connaissance de Dieu
Alphonse Gratry
1864French
La consolation du chrétien, ou, Motifs de confiance en Dieu dans les diverses circonstances de la vie
Nicolas Roissard
1825French
La culte chez les Romains
Joachim Marquardt
1889French
La culture de l'eau
C. Millet
1870French
La céramique japonaise
Tokunosuke Ueda, Émile Deshayes
1895French