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
Synopsis saeculi moderni, seu, Theatrum hujus universi publicum memorabile, dass ist, Der allgemeine Lebenslauff und Schau-Platz dieser Welt
Mathias Ignatius Zinner
1677German
Synopsis tractatus Scholastici de Deo Uno
Ferdinand Alois S.J Stentrup
1895Latin
Syntagma hortationum
Michael Renniger
1604Latin
System der thierischen morphologie
Julius Victor Carus
1853German
Systême naturel du regne animal
Jacob Theodor Klein, François-Alexandre Aubert de La Chesnaye-Desbois
1754French
Séance académique du 20 octobre, 1871
Académie de Lausanne
1871French
Śivapūjā pradīpikā
Śrīkr̥ṣṇa Ṭhakkura
1899Sanskrit
T'an Kung ts'ung hsün
Shen Yang
1881Chinese
Ta mystēria tēs Eleusinos
Dēmētrios N. Goudēs
1990Greek
Ta thrēskeiologika plaisia tēs apologētikēs Klēmentos tou Alexandreōs
Ēlias D. Nikolakakēs
1984Greek
Table selon l'ordre de Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus
1768French
Tableau de l'oeuure de Dieu
Antonio del Corro
1570FRM
Tableau des animaux et des végétaux existan[t]s avant le déluge
A. M. Perrot
1830French
Tableaux et scènes de la vie des animaux
Eugene Lesbazeilles, Joseph Wolf
1877French
Tabula affinitatum animalium ...
Johannes Herman
1783Latin
Taiquan xiang li
Zuo Huang
1821Chinese
Taizō shoson shūji
Annen
1791Japanese
Tan Gong cong xun
Shen Yang
1882Chinese
Tang yue ling zhu
Emperor of China T'ang Hsüan-tsung
1834Chinese
Tarif-album de pièges, 1899-1900
E. Descharnes
1899French
Tartīb taqārīẓ al-junnāz
Orthodox Eastern Church
1857Arabic
Tauola et capittoli del primo d'sa[n]cto Augnstino de la cita d'Dio
Bishop of Hippo Augustine Saint, Antonio Miscomini
1483Italian
Tauola et capittoli del primo libro [di] sa[n]cto Augnstino [sic] de la cita [di] Dio
Augustine of Hippo, Antonio Miscomini, George John Spencer Earl Spencer, Richard Ashhurst Bowie
1483Italian
Tazyīn al-aswāq
Dāʼūd ibn ʻUmar Anṭākī
1874Arabic