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
Six young hunters
W. Gordon Parker
1898
Six young hunters, or, The adventures of the Greyhound Club
W. Gordon Parker
1898
Sketches from nature, or, Hints to juvenile naturalists
Agnes Strickland
1830
Sketches of adventure and sport
J. Percy Groves
1885
Something about animals
Joshua Merrill
1856
Something for the children
J. W. Green
1856
Something vvritten by occasion of that fatall and memorable accident in the Blacke Friers on Sonday, being the 26. of October 1623. stilo antiquo, and the 5. of Nouember stilo nouo, or Romano
1623
Songs for the little ones at home
Myles Birket Foster, John Absolon
1863
Spring Flowers
Sarah Josepha Hale
1860
Spring flowers, or, Easy lessons for young children
Ritson Mrs
1825
Stories about animals
Francis C. Woodworth
1851
Stories about birds and beasts
Francis C. Woodworth
1850
Stories about horses
Harrison Weir
1877
Stories about horses
Thomas Bingley
1864
Stories about our dogs
Harriet Beecher Stowe
1882
Stories about the country
Francis C. Woodworth
1855
Stories about the turkey, nightingale, woodpecker, kingfisher, bullfinch, and blackbird, in words of one, two, and three syllables
Lyman Cobb
1835
Stories about the wolf, weasel, marten, hare, baboon, and monkey
Lyman Cobb
1836
Stories and pictures of birds, beasts, fishes, and other creatures
James Weston
1886
Stories and pictures of domestic animals
Anna F. Burnham, D. Lothrop & Company
1879
Stories for Adelaide
Eliza Leslie
1856
Stories for little children
S. Hays
1812
Stories from lowly life
C. M. Duppa
1898
Stories illustrative of the instinct of animals
Thomas Bingley
1861