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
Gods government of his church, and the deputation thereof to men
1641
Good boys' annual
Anne W. Abbot
1869
Good dogs, or, Stories of our four-footed friends
Anna Maria Wells
1865
Good in every thing
Louisa Barwell
1853
Good little Mitty
Lydia Maria Child
1869
Good's book of nature
John Mason Good
1834
Goody Two-Shoes
Oliver Goldsmith
1888
Grandmamma Wise, or, Visits to Rose Cottage
Thomas S. Sinclair
1868
Grandmamma Wise, or, Visits to rose cottage
Kronheim & Co
1861
Grandmamma Wise, or, Visits to rose cottage
J. M. Kronheim
1800
Grandpa's stories
Asa Bullard
1863
Grandpapa's verses and pictures, or, Natural history in play
T.-P. M
1881
Great Arctic travellers
Hugh Craig
1891
Great Britain's warning-piece: or, Christ's tears over Jerusalem
1689
Great truths in simple words for little children
Favell Lee Mortimer
1852
Great truths in simple words for little children
American Sunday-School Union. Committee of Publication
1848
Greek folk-songs from the Turkish provinces of Greece, Albania, Thessaly, ... and Macedonia
1885
Grimalkin
Barbauld Mrs
1850
Hadassah, or, The adopted child
Daniel P. Kidder
1854
Half hours with the little ones
N. T. Langridge
1861
Happy Christmas
Grace Murray
1864
Happy children
Charles Joseph Staniland
1897
Happy days and bright ways
L. L. Weedon
1896
Happy hours of childhood
Austin Carroll
1867