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
Phebe, the blackberry girl
Alonzo Hartwell
1850
Philip Wright, or, The English oak
Jane K. Neale
1883
Philip, and his garden
Charlotte Elizabeth
1841
Picture book of animals
C. A. Johns
1886
Pictures and stories for baby land
John Uncle
1882
Pictures and stories of natural history
Thomas Nelson & Sons
1874
Pictures and stories of natural history
Alfred Thomas Elwes
1885
Pictures for our darlings
Samuel Smith Kilburn
1876
Pictures of animals
Ansel Phelps
1844
Pictures of comical people, with stories about them
Alfred Elwes, Richard Henry Horne
1856
Pity's gift
Samuel Jackson Pratt
1798
Playmates
Mabel
1887
Pleasant rhymes for little readers, or, Jottings for juveniles
Joséphine
1866
Pleasing pets
Harrison Weir
1897
Plish and Plum
Wilhelm Busch, Charles T. Brooks, Roberts Brothers, University Press, John Wilson and Son
1883
Poems for children
Ann Taylor, O'Keeffe Miss, Jane Taylor
1811
Poems for little folks
Mary Botham Howitt
1864
Poor Cock Robin
Justin H. Howard
1869
Poor Match
Holme Lee
1868
Popular history of animals for young people
Henry Scherren
1896
Popular natural history and characteristics of animals
Thomas Brown
1869
Portraits from life; or, The history of Charles and Charlotte
W. F. Sullivan
1820
Prevention of cruelty to animals in the District of Columbia.
1896
Prevention of cruelty to animals in the District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of Agriculture, in regard to Senate bill 1063, entitled "A bill for the further prevention of cruelty to animals in the District of Columbia".
1897