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
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Is̲bāt al-nubuvvāt
Abū Yaʻqūb al-Sijistānī, Isḥāq ibn Aḥmad, active 10th century
1395Arabic
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[Miscellaneous works
Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton
1875
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Esequie del serenissimo principe Francesco
Andrea Cavalcanti, Stefano Della Bella, Alfonso Parigi
1634Italian
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Exequias feitas em Roma a magestade fidelissima do senhor rey Dom Joaõ V. por ordem do fidelissimo senhor rey Dom Jozé I., seu filho e successor
Antonio Bicchierai, Sebastiano Maria Correa, Giovanni dei Franceschi, Jakob Frey, Giffart, Pierre François, Giovanni Battista Girardenghi, Filippo Juvara, Maximilian Joseph Limpach, Carlo Maiglij, Francesco Mazzoni, Io Passari, Manuel Rodrigues dos Santos, Giuseppe Vasi
1751Latin
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General History of the Things of New Spain by Fray Bernardino de Sahagún: The Florentine Codex. Book IV: The Art of Divination.
Bernardino De Sahagún
1577
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Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica
Hesiod, Hugh Hugh Gerard Evelyn-White, Homer
1914
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Hombres ciegos, ídolos huecos: fetichismo y alteridad en la crítica de la idolatría en el Apocalipsis de Abrahán
Juan Sebastián Hernández Valencia, Universidad Católica Luis Amigó
2023Spanish
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Illustrated Sinhalese medical astrology ola
Producer not identified
1600
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Indian child life
Therese O. Deming, Therese Therese Osterheld Deming, Edwin Willard Deming
1899
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Introspice mare pectoris tui
Maria Grazia Bartolini
2010Italian
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Jüngerer Titurel 1450
Albrecht von Scharfenberg
1450
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L'idea di vn prencipe et eroe christiano in Francesco I. d'Este di Modona e Reggio dvca VIII., generalissimo dell'arme reali di Francia in Italia, &c
Benedetto Ferrari, fl. 1659 Fontana, Domenico Gamberti, Andrea Seghizzi, Francesco Stringa, Lorenzo Tinti, Gaspare Vigarani
1659Italian
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Le réveil de Chyndonax, prince des Vacies druydes celtiques diionois, Avec la saincteté, religion, & diversité des Ceremonies observees aux anciennes Sepultures. Par I. G. D. M. D
Jean I. G. D. M. D. ; Guénébauld
1621French
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Lei bian li fa tong shu da quan
Shitai He, Huishan Song, Zongli Xiong
1368Chinese
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Magnus in ortu, maximus in meridie, major in occasu, semperque serenissimus principum sol Maximilianus Emanuel ... seu, Apparatus funebris litterarius extremis honoribus
Joseph Cajetan Khuen, Franz Xaver Joseph Späth, Nikolaus Gottfried Stuber
1727German
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Magnus in ortu; maximus in meridie; major in occasu
Joseph Cajetan Khuen, Franz Xaver Joseph Spath, Nikolaus Gottfried Stuber
1727German
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Monumento do agradecimento, tributo da veneraçam, obelisco funeral do obsequio, relaçam fiel das reaes exequias, que á defunta Magestade do fidelissimo e augustissimo rey o senhor D. Joaõ V
Gabriel François Louis Debrie, Matias António Salgado, Manoel Joseph Correa e Alvarenga, Stefanus Andrade
1751Portuguese
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Olaus Rudbeck Atlantica Atland Eller Manheim
Olaus Rudbeck
1702
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Oratione de le lode di Francesco Medici, gran dvca di Toscana
Lorenzo Giacomini Tebalducci Malespini
1587Italian
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Orazione funebre in morte del marchese Scipione Maffei detta nella cattedrale di Verona
Marco Antonio Pindemonte
1755Italian
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Pagan Passions
Randall Garrett, Laurence M Janifer, Robert Stanley, Larry M Harris
1959
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Pagan and Christian Creeds: Their Origin and Meaning
Edward Carpenter
1920
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Parentacion real. Luctuosa pompa. Sumptuoso cenotaphio
JosJosé Antonio Manso de Velasco, Diego Joseph Merlo, Peru Digitization Project (John Carter Brown Library. RPJCB, Peru. Viceroy, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Miguel de Valdivieso Torrejón
1748Latin
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Parentalia Mariae Clementinae Magn. Britan. Franc., et Hibern.regin. issu Clementis XII. Pont. Max
Giovanni Girolamo Frezza, Ferdinando Fuga, Baldassare Gabbuggiani, Filippo Juvara, Maximilian Joseph Limpach, Gian Paolo Panini, Rocco Pozzi
1736Italian