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
Estelle's stories about dogs
Estelle
1854
Evenings at home in words of one syllable
Lucy Aikin
1869
Experiments on living animals
1887
Fables and rhymes
Aesop
1898
Fables of Æsop and others
Aesop, Samuel Croxall
1813
Fabulous histories, by Mrs. Trimmer: or, The history of the robins
Sarah Trimmer
1845
Fabulous histories, or, The history of the robins
Sarah Trimmer, Thomas Bewick, Nathaniel Hailes, Charles Whittingham
1821
Facts and phases of animal life
Verson S. Morwood
1883
Facts not fables
Charles Williams
1833
Facts not fiction
Charles Williams
1836
False prophets discovered
1642
False stories corrected
Samuel S. Wood & Co
1822
Falsehood and truth
Charlotte Elizabeth
1842
Familiar natural history, with descriptions
R. Mrs Lee
1853
Fancies free
E. L. Shute
1891
Farmyard stories of our country pets
Ernest Nister
1896
Favourite picture book for the nursery
A. L. O. E
1871
Favourite stories about animals
Harrison Weir
1894
Finikin and his gold pippins
Clara de Chatelain
1852
First steps in general knowledge
Sarah Windsor Tomlinson
1851
Florence Egerton, or, Sunshine and shadow
John missionary MacGowan
1855
Flower stories and their lessons
Fred Borders
1861
For God's worship and worshipers
1683
Forest, field and flood
Daniel Defoe
1897