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
Von den Erfindern der Ding ... von Anfang der Wellt her biss auff dise unsere Zeyt geübt vnnd gebraucht
Polydore Vergil
1544German
Von den Spöttern des Worts Gottis
Andreas Osiander
1545German
Von dess Esels Adel und der Saw Triumph
Georg Friedrich Messerschmidt
1617German
Vorlesungen über die Theologie des Alten Testamentes
J. C. F. Steudel
1840German
Vorsteliicke warande der dieren
Joost van den Vondel
1617Dutch
Voyage du missionnaire A.F. Lacroix au temple de Jogonnath
Alphonse François Lacroix, William Pétavel
1851French
Voyage et avantures de François Leguat
François Le Guat
1708French
Vyzantinon heortologion
Manouel I. Gedeon
1899Greek
Văn hóa dòng tộc dân gian
Bạch Ngô
2010Vietnamese
Vṛtra
Leo Buschardt
1945Dutch
Wan shou sheng dian chu ji
Yuanqi Wang
1715Chinese
Warhafftige vnd aus Gottes Wort gründliche Beschreibung des Innerlichen vnd Eusserlichen Menschen
Melchior Petri
1566German
Wen miao tong kao
Shumei Niu
1869Chinese
Widder den newen Abgott vnd allten Teuffel der zu Meyssen sol erhaben werden
Martin Luther
1524German
Widerlegung eines doppelten Sendschreibens
Johann Daniel Scheffel
1745German
Wie kann Einer in das Reich Gottes kommen?
E. Fr Versmann
1839German
Wie man sich in allerlay nötten, des Türcken, Pestilentz, Theürung, [et]c. trösten, den glauben stercken, vnd Christliche gedult erlangen soll, Auss siben sprüchen heyliger schrifft kürtzlich angezeigt
Sebald Heyden
1531German
Wie verhält sich die negative Schwankung des Nervenstroms bei Reizung der sensiblen und motorishen Spinal-Wurzeln des Frosches?
John Jacob Abel
1888German
William Derhams, Canonici in Windsor, Physicotheologie, oder, Natur-Leitung zu Gott
William Derham, Charles Rollin, Johann Albert Fabricius
1732German
Wissenschaftliche Vorträge über religiöse Fragen
Richard Adelbert Lipsius
1877German
Wolverdiente Ehren-Seule dem weyland durchläuchtigsten Fürsten und Herrn, Herrn Ernst, Hertzogen zu Sachsen, Jülich, Cleve und Bergk ...
Jakob von Sandrart
1678German
Wu fu shi li
Xie Xia
1868Chinese
Wu fu yi tong hui kao
Shu Cui
1879Chinese
Wu li tong kao
Huitian Qin
1763Chinese