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
Welch' Zeit's im Reiche Gottes ist?
1800German
Xi xun sheng dian
1812Chinese
Yesod mistere ha-ʻAkum ve-sod ḥokhmat ha-Ḳabalah
S. Rubin
1888Hebrew
Zusammenstellung der religiösen Gebräuche in Sterbefällen und fernerer Bestimmungen
1866German
[ J]ohan. Kirch[manni] ... De [f]uneri[bus R]omanor[um] libri quatuor
Johann Kirchmann
1672Latin
[Nā ton rư̄angrāo ʻĒliyā sưng pen phūthamnāi hǣng Phračhao]
1853Thai
Éphèse et Claros: Recherches sur les Sanctuaires et les Cultes de l'Ionie du Nord
Charles Picard
1922French
مجموعة متبركة دعاى گنج العرش درود أكبر درود هزارى نود نه نام أسماء الحسنى أدعيات وأفسونها مع إسناد فارسي
1884Persian
喇嘛佛像圖並蒙藏兩字佛名
1644MON
四禮笏記
1850Korean
大清通禮品官士庶人喪禮傳
1885Chinese
賢劫千佛號
1644MON
進饌儀軌
1887Korean
進饌儀軌
1877Korean
"Many happy returns of the day!"
Charles Cowden Clarke
1859
"These little ones"
Dorothy Walrond
1885
"Worlds not realized"
Margaret Gatty
1858
A Blazing starre seene jn the West at Totneis in Devonshire, on the foureteenth of this instant November, 1642
1642
A Book about animals
Religious Tract Society
1852
A Book for the sea-side
Religious Tract Society
1852
A Breefe collection concerning the love of God tovvards mankinde, & hovv for diuers causes vve are iustlie bounde to loue & serue him
1603
A Christmas story
Caroline E. Kelly Davis
1868
A Collection of the promises of Scripture
1816
A Compleat history of the most remarkable providences
1697