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
Stories illustrative of the instincts of animals, their characters, and habits
Thomas Bingley
1841
Stories in rhyme
Mary Botham Howitt
1855
Stories of affection
Colman Mrs
1862
Stories of affection
Pamela Chandler Colman
1854
Stories of animal sagacity
William Henry Giles Kingston
1874
Stories of animals
Henry S. Mrs Mackarness
1856
Stories of animals
Susie Sunbeam
1856
Stories of animals
Oliver Selwyn Felt
1864
Stories of my childhood
Francis C. Woodworth
1883
Stories of the months
Barbauld Mrs
1847
Stories of wild animals
Septimus Winner
1855
Stories of wild beasts
Leavitt & Allen
1852
Storm and sunshine, or, The right way and the wrong way
Francis C. Woodworth
1851
Story-world
Oscar Fay Adams
1888
Strange, dreadful, and amazing news from York. Giving a sad and terrible account of God's fearful judgment on one Winam Tendin, near Rippon in the county of York
1697
Sunday chats with sensible children
Clara L. Matéaux
1872
Susie and the butterflies
Henry S. Mrs Mackarness
1856
Sybil, and her live snowball
C. E. Bowen
1885
Tales about animals
John Tillotson
1859
Tales about animals
Samuel G. Goodrich
1870
Tales for Thomas
A. C. H
1830
Tales for youth
John Huddlestone Wynne
1802
Tales of pity on fishing, shooting, and hunting
Anna Maria Porter
1814
Tales told in the twilight
Olive Molesworth, Edith Nesbit, L. L. Weedon, Emily Bennett, Mary Louisa Molesworth
1899