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
Harrison Weir's pictures of wild birds & animals
Harrison Weir
1881
Hearers and doers. &c. &c. &c
Thomas Nelson & Sons
1850
Heartsease and the rabbits
E. A. De Cosson
1882
His own enemy
Henry Mrs Keary
1888
History of Henry Fairchild and Charles Trueman
Mary Martha Sherwood
1819
History of beasts
Tommy Trip
1808
History of beasts
American Tract Society
1827
History of beasts and birds
H. & E. Phinney
1828
History of quadrupeds
J.A. Merriam & Rufus Merrill
1854
Holiday fun
E. T. Roe
1897
Holiday hours in animal land
Harry Koizumi
1890
Holiday rambles, or, Peeps into the book of nature
Elisabeth Grant
1856
Holiday stories
Lucy Aikin
1858
Hunting with the camera
Ernest Thompson Seton
1890
Hymns and songs of praise
Alexander Anderson
1819
Hymns for the infant school
Samuel Cloues
1858
I and my master
Mary Stephenson
1894
I forgot, or, Will Leonard
Frederick Mrs Field
1870
I will be a lady
Louisa C. Tuthill
1846
Ichthyology for youth; or, A history of nearly all the known fishes of the ocean
Daniel B. Fearing, John Tiebout, Daniel B. Fearing Collection of Fish and Fishing, Southwick & Pelsue
1809
Illustrated natural history
J. G. Wood
1864
Illustrated natural history for young people
John George Wood
1882
Illustrated songs and hymns for the little ones
Henry Anelay
1865
Illustrations showing condition of fur-seal rookeries in 1895 and method of killing seals.
1896