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
Li ji fu ji
Fanggang Weng
1879Chinese
Li lun
Chengtian He
1889Chinese
Li shu fu lu
Baoquan Chen
1820Chinese
Li shu tong gu
Yizhou Huang
1893Chinese
Li shuo
Shu Ling
1860Chinese
Li shuo lue
Yizhou Huang
1888Chinese
Li wên
Yen Lü
1846Chinese
Li xue zhi yan
Guangsen Kong
1860Chinese
Libellus de angelo custode, R.P. Francisci Albertini Soc. Iesu theologi
Francesco Albertini
1614Latin
Liber S. Athanasii de variis qvaestionibvs
Patriarch of Alexandria Athanasius Saint, Johann Reuchlin
1519Latin
Liberi arbitrii cum gratiæ donis
Luis de Molina
1595Latin
Libri XXII De civitate Dei
Augustine of Hippo
1732Latin
Libri tres de ritibus ecclesiae catholicae
Jean Étienne Duranti
1675Latin
Libro del Reyno de Dios, y del camino por do se alcança
Pedro Sánchez
1605Spanish
Liebe und Liebes-Leben in der Thierwelt
Ludwig Büchner
1879German
Lilii Gregorii Gyraldi Ferrariensis, De sepulchris & uario sepeliendi ritu, libellus.
Lilio Gregorio Giraldi
1539Latin
Limites rationis circa cognitionem Dei
Joachim Ehrenfried Pfeiffer
1743Ancient Greek
Livro da providencia divina
Isaac ben Abraham Hayyim Jesurun
1663Portuguese
Llanto de los astros en el occaso del sol nuestro smo. padre Benedicto XIII
Antonio del Campo, Diego Sáenz, Juan Francisco de San Antonio, José Torrubia, Convento de Nuestra Señora de los Angeles
1733Latin
Llanto sobre los que niegan la Providencia
P. A. F. C
1869Spanish
Logicæ libri quinque
Richard Crakanthorpe
1641Latin
Los discvrsos de la religion
Guillaume Du Choul
1579Spanish
Lucero de la vida cristiana
Pedro Jiménez de Prejano
1495Spanish
Lustige Naturgeschichte, oder, Zoologia comica
Franz Bonn
1877German