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
Luzero de la vida chr[ist]iana
Pedro Jiménez de Prejano, Juan Cromberger
1524Spanish
M. Christophori Wollii ... Commentatio philologica de Parenthesi sacra
Christoph Wolle
1726Latin
M. Georg Litzels ... Bescheibung der römischen Todten-Töpffe und anderer heidniscen Leichgefässe
Georg Litzel
1749German
M. Tulli Ciceronis De natura deorum
Cicero
1744Latin
MARTYROLOGIVM BASILIENSE
Catholic Church
1584Latin
Macrobii Ambrosii Aurelli Theodosii ... In somnium Scripionis Lib. II ; Saturnalia Lib. VII ; ex varijs, ac vetustissimis codicibus recognti, & aucti
Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius Macrobius, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Haeredes Sebastiani Gryphii
1560Latin
Macrobii de somno scipionis
Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius Macrobius
1501Latin
Macrobij Ambrosij Aurelij Theodosij, viri consularis & illustris, In Somnium Scipionis lib. II ; Saturnaliorum lib. VII
Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius Macrobius
1560Latin
Magnétisme animal
Didier Jules Berna, Frédéric Dubois
1838French
Majmaʻ al-nūrīn
Ismāʻīl ibn Muḥammad Jaʻfar Sabzvārī
1894Persian
Majmūʻ min muhimmāt al-mutūn al-mustaʻmalah min ghālib khawāṣṣ al-funūn
Naṣr Hūrīnī
1864Arabic
Majmūʿ min muhimmāt al-mutūn al-mustaʿmalah min ghālib khawāṣṣ al-funūn
Manṣūr Ṭablāwī
1863Arabic
Mann und Fuchs
Kaarle Krohn
1891German
Manual de oferendas e despachos na umbanda e na quimbanda
N. A. Molina
1974Portuguese
Manuale
Catholic Church
1500Latin
Manuel Franco-Arabe
Joseph Reinach
1886Multiple languages
Manuel de l'étudiant magnétiseur
J. Dupotet
1868French
Manuel de pathologie et therapeutique des animaux domestiques
F. M. Roll
1869French
Manuel pratique de la vaccination animale
Louis Vaillard
1886French
Mao shi pin wu tu kao
Genpō Oka
1886Chinese
Maqāṣid al-Imām al-muḥaddith al-ḥujjah walī Allāh bi-lā nizāʻ al-ʻAllāmah al-Nawawī fī al-Tawḥīd wa-al-ʻibādāt wa-uṣūl al- taṣawwuf
Nawawī
1863Arabic
Marci Antonii Nattae Astensis De Deo libri XV
Marcus Antonius Natta
1559Latin
Marci Minvcii Felicis equitis Romani Octavius
Marcus Minucius Felix
1662Latin
Marci Tvllii Ciceronis de natvra deorvm
Cicero
1541Latin