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
Men of different countries
H. & E. Phinney
1829
Merry doings of childhood
Alfred Thomas Elwes
1880
Midsummer flowers for the young
Mary Howitt
1854
Minnie's pet cat
Madeline Leslie
1864
Minnie's pet dog
Madeline Leslie
1864
Minnie's pet horse
Madeline Leslie, J. Hyde, Kilburn & Mallory, Lee and Shepard, Boston Stereotype Foundry
1863
Minnie's pet lamb
Madeline Leslie, John N. Hyde, Samuel Smith Kilburn, Richard P. Mallory
1863
Minnie's pet monkey
Madeline Leslie, John N. Hyde, Samuel Smith Kilburn, Richard P. Mallory
1863
Minnie's pet parrot
Madeline Leslie, J. Hyde, Kilburn & Mallory, Lee and Shepard, Boston Stereotype Foundry
1863
Miss Dotty
Sara Elizabeth Farman
1882
Miss Peck's adventures
Matthew Urlwin Sears
1854
Mistress Mary
Lizzie Lawson
1884
Mornings' amusements, or, Tales of animals
Charles Mrs Mathews
1803
Motes in the sunbeam
Margaret Gatty
1867
Motives to Godly mourning and rejoycing; or, Christ Jesus his kind invitation to sinners to repent
1698
Mrs. Barbauld's lessons, admirably adapted to the capacities of children
Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Pratt Mr
1819
Mrs. Barbauld's little stories for children
Barbauld Mrs
1833
Mrs. Trimmer's History of the robins
Sarah Trimmer
1870
Much ado about nothing
Matthews-Robinson
1867
My daughter
Richard Gregory
1816
My dog Rover, and some good that he did in the world
Wm. M. Blackburn
1864
My neighbour's shoes, or, Feeling for others
A. L. O. E
1862
My own book, or, Select narratives and instructions suitable for youth
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Publication
1850
My pleasure book
Wallace L. Crowdy
1897