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
Ḳitsur Naḥalat Yaʻaḳov
Yeḳutiʼel ben Naḥum Lazi
1718Hebrew
Ḳitsur maʻavar Yaboḳ
Aharon ben Mosheh
1764Hebrew
Ṣulḥ al-ikhwān min ahl al-īmān wa-bayān al-dīn al-qayyim fī tabriʼat Ibn Taymīyah wa-Ibn Qayyim
Dāwūd ibn Sulaymān Baghdādī
1889Arabic
三禮編繹
鄧元錫
1605Chinese
三禮類綜
黄暹
1803Chinese
上帝總論
C. Hartwell, Seneca Cummings
1878Chinese
上帝萬物之大主
Karl Friedrich August Gützlaff
1836Chinese
五先生禮說分類
鄭逑
1629Korean
佛說焰口經天地冥陽水陸儀文
Zaikui
1401Chinese
儀禮恒解
劉沅
1842Chinese
儀禮選要
孔傳性, 樊錫貴
1830Chinese
儀禮釋宮
李如圭, 江永, 賀仲軾
1773Chinese
儀禮集釋
李如圭
1773Chinese
優復恩例
孔衍佩, 孔繼善
1867Chinese
八旬萬壽盛典
阿桂, 内府
1790Chinese
八禮 節要
夏時賛
1898Korean
六家詩名物疏
馮復京, 陳三吾
1573Chinese
典禮譜
藍鍾瑞
1845Chinese
制服成誦編
周保珪
1892Chinese
勅封大王將軍紀略
Shouyong Zhu, Junru Xu
1889Chinese
南工廟祠祀典
Fenghan Li
1779Chinese
博物新編圖說
陳修堂
1898Chinese
周禮註疏
鄭玄, 賈公彦, 陸德明
1628Chinese
喪祭儀輯錄
金翊東
1857Korean