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
Era
Removal of certain employees in the Bureau of Animal Industry at South Omaha
1897
Report of la Ligue et Confraternité Des Amis des Animaux at Monaco, 1889
1890
Rock Art of Easter Island: Symbols of Power, Prayers to the Gods
Georgia Lee
1992
Récit de l'avocat-général de ***
1785
Satans temptation, and Gods preservation: or Satans policy and Gods mercy
Robert Smith undifferentiated
1685
Scripture Natural History for Youth
Esther Copley
1828
Seal fisheries of Alaska.
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
1896
Shewing the harmony of the divine attributes, in the way of man's salvation.
1770
Shocking earthquakes
1812
Some of the principles concerned in the breeding of stock
Finlay Dun
1871
Some serious thoughts on the frowns of divine providence in the year 1764.
1764
Spiritual Guides of the Third Century: A Semiotic Study of the Guide-Disciple Relationship in Christianity, Neoplatonism, Hermetism, and Gnosticism
Richard Valantasis
1991
Stories from animal land
Annie Chase
1891
Strange and horrible nevvs, which happened betwixt St. Iohns street and Islington on Thursday morning, being the eight and twentieth day of this instant moneth of October
1642
Subject for Burney essay, 1868
1868
Ten minutes advice to every gentleman going to purchase a horse out of a dealer, jockey, or, groom's stables ...
1787
The Act for Permitting the Free Importation of Cattle from Ireland
1760
The Act for Permitting the Free Importation of Cattle from Ireland
1765
The Baiting of the tyger, or, A True relation of a bloody rencounter that lately happen'd between a foreign cat and four great English dogs at the Cockpit Royal near St. James Park, in the presence of several dukes, lords, knights, ladies, squires and cits
1699
The Beggar and angel
1805
The Book of animals or, The wonders of the menagerie
1865
The Ceremonies and religious customs of the various nations of the known world
1741
The Character of the Bible, and the Bible God
1826
The Domestic history of the learned seals, "Ned" and "Fanny"
1860