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
Ortus sanitatis
P. H
1491Latin
Ouidius de Fastis
Ovid, de Tridino Joannes Tacuinus, Bartholomaeus Merula, Antonio Costanzo, Paolo Marsi, Domicus Soranus Palladius
1497Latin
Outrages à la pudeur
Ernest Mesnet
1894French
P. Gasparis Schotti ... Physica curiosa, sive, Mirabilia naturae et artis libris XII. comprehensa
Gaspar Schott
1667Latin
P. Gasparis Schotti regis curiani e Societate Jesu ... Physica curiosa, sive, Mirabilia naturae et artis
Gaspar Schott
1667Latin
P. Ovidii Nasonis Fastorum liber primus [-sextus]
Ovid
1489Latin
Paedagogia caelestis, siue, De beneficijs et cultu SS. angelorum
Paul de Barry
1650Latin
Paganisme dans l'art chrétien
Adolphe Napoléon Didron
1853French
Palefuiono
Mailo Pio
1992SMO
Panegírico del Apóstol San Pedro
Gaspar Martierena, Luis Montt
1848Spanish
Panegírico del glorioso príncipe de los apóstoles, San Pedro
Miguel Calixto del Corro, Luis Montt
1838Spanish
Pantheon antiqvorum, exhibens imagines deorum qui ab antiquis colebantur
Vincenzo Cartari
1683Latin
Paraskeue siue præparatio ad pacificam decisionem controuersiarum de solius Sanctæ Trinitatis religioso cultu
John Gordon
1612Latin
Parentalia Mariae Clementinae Magn. Britan. Franc., et Hibern. Regin., iussu Clementis XII. Pont. Max
Giovanni Girolamo Frezza
1736Latin
Parentalia Mariae Clementinae, Magn. Britan. Franc., et Hibern. Regin., iussu Clementis XII. Pont. Max
Fondo Cicognara
1736Italian
Parthenogenesis und generations-wechsel im thierund pflanzenreiche
Hermann Karsten
1888German
Paulli M. Paciaudii, cler. reg. presbyteri, historici Ordinis Hierosolymitani, De cultu S. Johannis Baptistae antiquitates Christianae
Paolo Paciaudi
1755Latin
Paulo .ij. Veneto pontifici maximo F. tituli Sancti Petri ad vi[n]cula S.R.E. presbiteri cardinalis De sangui[n]e [Christ]i prefacio incipit
Sixtus IV Pope
1474Latin
Paulus Marsus piscinas poeta. cl. generoso iuueni Georgio Cornelio.m. Cornelii equitis. f. salutem
Ovid, Paolo Marsi, Robertus Ursus, Troilus Zani
1492Latin
Payk-i Mītrā
Shīn Partaw
1971Persian
Pereseli︠a︡i︠u︡shchīi︠a︡si︠a︡ zhivotnyi︠a︡
Carl Cornelius
1866Russian
Peri tōn mystēriōn
Andocides, K. Th Arapopoulos
1961Ancient Greek
Pesme i običai
Miloš S. Milojević
1869Serbian
Petri Bellonii Cenomani De admirabili operum antiquorum et rerum suspiciendarum praestantia liber primus
Pierre Belon
1553Latin