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 view of the heathen world and of light dispelling the darkness
Jane Kilby Welsh
1834
A visit to the New Forest
Harriet Myrtle
1859
A visit to the woods
E. L. Llewellyn
1868
A was an apple.
Mahlon Day, Adoniram Chandler
1825
A worke for the wisely considerate, in three distinct parts, very usefull for the present time
1641
A world beneath the waters, or, Merman's country
Gerard W. Bancks
1895
A, B, C in verse
Mahlon Day
1833
A, B, C, with pictures and verses
John Metcalf
1837
Account of the great cave of Gailenreuth in Franconia, and of the cave of Kirkdale in Yorkshire
1823
Acrobatic animals
Frank Ver Beck
1899
Adventures in Africa
William Henry Giles Kingston
1883
Adventures in the far West
William Henry Giles Kingston
1881
Adventures in the land of the behemoth
Jules Verne
1874
Adventures of Peterkin Paul
John Brownjohn
1897
Alice and Adolphus, or, "Worlds not realized"
Margaret Gatty
1867
Alick and Janey
Elizabeth K. Douglas
1857
All alive
Lothar Meggendorfer
1881
Among the Woblins
Sydney Hodges
1883
Among the squirrels
Mary A. Denison
1868
Amusement for good children, by G.S.C. Or, An exhibition of comic pictures, / by Bob Sketch
Bob Sketch, William Cowper
1808
Amusing stories for young folks
Augustus Hoppin
1861
Amusing tales for little children
Arnaud Berquin
1805
An Account of the obsequies for the late King of France, in the Spanish Chapel, London, on Monday, January 28, 1793.
1793
An Adventure in Vermont, or, The story of Mr. Anderson
1809