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
Shem ha-mashiaḥ ha-nikhbad YHṾH tsidḳenu, sive De nomine Messiae glorioso, Jehova justitia nostra
Johannes Ernestus Büthnerus
1669Hebrew
Sheng dao shan xiang
Shaobo
1884Chinese
Shi qu li lun
Shêng Tai
1889Chinese
Shibole ha-leḳeṭ
Zidkiyahu figlio di Abraham ha-Rofé
1546Hebrew
Shidaigoin
Ninnaji. Kaimyōji
1869Japanese
Shifāʾ al-saqām fī ziyārat khayr al-anām
Taqī al-Dīn ʻAlī ibn ʻAbd al-Kāfī Subkī
1897Arabic
Shikyō meibutsu benkai
Fukusho Emura
1850Japanese
Shingon indō yōshū benmō
Denʼe
1684Japanese
Shinkoku suisan benkai
Japan. Nōshōmushō. Suisankyoku
1886Japanese
Shinsen ehon chōhōki
Shōtarō Asami
1893Japanese
Shinʼya mondō
Hakuseki Arai
1731Japanese
Shojin kongenshō
Kanetomo Yoshida
1602Japanese
Shoson yōshō
Jitsuun
1660Japanese
Shui lu shen quan
Xinjun Li, 信軍 李
2011Chinese
Shunshui Zhu shi tan qi
Wengong Zhu
1708Chinese
Shurūq al-anwār al- ʻabbāṣiyyat fĭ muʻālajat al-ḥaywānāt al-ahliyyat
Muhammad Ṣafūt
1897Arabic
Shōgun Tokugawa-ke reitenroku
Munenari Date
1881Japanese
Si li que yi
Guangyu Gu
1888Chinese
Si ling dian li ji
Chengze Sun
1842Chinese
Si xian guan kui shi li
Qiyun Ren
1885Chinese
Simbolismo e neoplatonismo in Giovanni Scoto Eriugena
Concetto Martello
1986Italian
Simonis Maioli Astensis, episcopi Vulturariensis Historiarum totius orbis omniumque temporum pro defensione sacrarum imaginum aduersus iconomachos libri seu centuriae sexdecim
Simeone Maiolo
1585Latin
Simplikiou ypomnēmata eis ta g' biblia tou Aristotelous peri psyches = Simplicii commentaria in tres libros Aristotelis de anima
Simplicius of Cilicia, Alexander of Aphrodisias, Franciscus Asulanus, Michael of Ephesus
1527Ancient Greek
Sistema de Lavater sobre los signos fisiognomónicos
Johann Caspar Lavater, M. J. Ottin
1845Spanish