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
A history of beasts for the use of children
Rufus Merrill
1843
A history of quadrupeds
Rufus Merrill
1843
A history of the life of Æsop ..
Roger L'Estrange
1808
A home book
Adelia C. Graves
1855
A hundred fables of Æsop
Aesop, Roger L'Estrange, Kenneth Grahame, Percy J. Billinghurst
1899
A hundred short tales for children
Christoph von Schmid
1853
A little frog
Edith Carrington
1897
A looking-glasse, for murtherers and blasphemers
1626
A natural history of British quadrupeds
Thomas Bewick
1819
A peep at the beasts
Francis C. Woodworth
1851
A plea for the dumb creation : being selections from The British workman, &c.
1868
A plea for the dumb creation : being selections from The British workman, &c.
1876
A pleasure book for our darlings
John Uncle
1882
A present from Peter Parley to all his little friends
Samuel G. Goodrich
1831
A pretty book of pictures for little masters and misses, or, Tommy Trip's history of beasts and birds
Oliver Goldsmith
1867
A round robin
M. A. Hoyer
1891
A sermon delivered at the funeral of Henry Obookiah
Lyman Beecher
1819
A sermon for children
Cornelius Roosevelt Duffie
1828
A story book of country scenes
Harriet Myrtle
1845
A strange and true relation of one Mr. John Leech
1662
A strike for freedom, or, Law and order
Louisa C. Tuthill
1846
A tale of a nest
Author of Under the lime-trees
1872
A treatise of oxen, sheep, hogs, and dogs; with their natures, qualities, and uses
1683
A trifle for a good boy
Tommy Trip
1807