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
Dame Partlet's farm
J. Hodson
1806
Darton's children's pictures, to amuse and instruct
George S. Measom
1854
Darton's picture story book
Harrison Weir
1852
Death-bed of a freethinker, exemplified in the last hours of the Hon. Francis Newport, who died at Westminster, Dec. 8, 1692
American Tract Society
1832
Delights of childhood
Beatty & Votteler
1889
Description of the elephant, with appropriate pictures
Sidney Babcock
1835
Dew-drop
J B Lippincott Company
1857
Dick's holidays and what he did with them
Edward Step
1883
Digitus dei. A faithful relation and collection of seven wonderful and remarkable judgements, lately inflicted by God on several persons using execrations and wicked wishes to themselves
1677
Directions from God's infallible word.
1840
Divine and moral songs for children
Isaac Watts
1799
Domestic animals
Justin H. Howard
1884
Domestic animals
L. Valentine, William Momberger, McLoughlin Bros
1880
Dottie's pets
E. O. A
1885
E. Elephant, Esq. Showman
McLoughlin Bros
1894
Early seeds, to produce spring flowers
Mary Elliott, William Darton, George Smallfield
1824
Easy questions for a little child, with answers in the words of scripture
Mary Martha Sherwood
1821
Easy reading for little readers
Harrison Weir
1884
Easy sentences for little learners
Grace Cousin
1856
Ebb and flow
Thomas Milner, R. W. Fraser
1860
Ellen's first lent
General Protestant Episcopal Sunday School Union and Church Book Society
1861
Elmside, or, Recollections of childhood
Massachusetts Sabbath School Society
1854
Entertaining knowledge
William Measom
1865
Essay on nature and providence to communities.
1830