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
Cheep and chatter, or, Lessons from field & tree
Alice Banks
1884
Chicakabiddy stories
Edmund Mitchell
1899
Child's book of natural history
Ezekiel Parker Walton
1834
Child's book of stories
Canfield & Robins
1838
Child's picture primer
Porter & Co Davis
1865
Child's toy book
George Pond Daniels
1836
Children's history of beasts
Sandbornton Press
1836
Children's hour for boys and girls
Josiah Wood Whymper
1889
Christ in the clouds, or, God's coming to judgment
1686
Christ's call, to professors for the glory and fruit of his gratious providences and dispensations towards them in this their day
1672
Christmas holidays at Chestnut Hill
Mary Cousin
1853
Christmas stories for good children
Amerel
1850
Clever dogs, horses, etc
Shirley Hibberd
1868
Cock Robin and other stories
E. Veale, Palmer Cox
1896
Coco, the monkey
Lois Harnard, Jasper Green, Remsen & Haffelfinger Claxton, J. Fagan & Son, Moore Bros
1871
Comical people
J. J. Grandville
1852
Country pastimes for boys
P. Anderson Graham
1895
Country scenes
Harriet Myrtle
1866
Country sketches
Mary Botham Howitt
1853
Country tales for the young
Old Humphrey
1858
Cow family
Norman A. Calkins
1878
Cragstone cottage, or, Life in the country
Emily Faithfull
1862
Curious and instructive stories about wild animals and birds
Joseph Wolf
1895
Daisy's work
Joanna H. Mathews
1870