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
The "little folks" nature painting book
George Weatherly
1880
The ABC picture book
Francis C. Woodworth
1850
The Air we breathe
American Sunday-School Union. Committee of Publication
1857
The Allis family, or, Scenes of Western life
Velda Allis Eddy
1858
The Amazon and its wonders
W. H. Davenport Adams
1894
The American pictorial primer; or The first book for children
Alexander Anderson
1844
The Animal picture book for kind little people
Harrison Weir
1873
The Black Panther, or, A boy's adventures among the Redskins
Lascelles Sir Wraxall
1864
The Blocked train
Joseph Swain
1882
The British Museum, or, Elegant repository of natural history
William Holloway
1806
The Butler County stock of hogs
1870
The Casket for boys and girls
George Loring Brown
1854
The Ceremonies and religious customs of the various nations of the known world
1733
The Charm
Tony Johannot
1853
The Charm
Harrison Weir
1855
The Child's book of song and praise
Petter & Galpin Cassell
1896
The Child's book of songs
Rufus Merrill and Co
1853
The Child's favorite
Lucius Stebbins
1839
The Child's picture-book
Alexander Anderson
1820
The Children's illustrated annual
A. J. Church, E. Vincent Briton, Frank Mrs Cowper, Minnie Mckean, Edith E. Cuthell, Joshua Sir Reynolds, Thomas Gainsborough, Thomas Sir Lawrence, John Romney, E. Hull, H. G. Glindoni, Charles O. Murray, Émile Antoine Bayard
1889
The Children's picture-book of the sagacity of animals
Harrison Weir
1865
The Christmas tree
Harrison Weir
1885
The Circus procession
inc McLoughlin Bros.
1888
The Cliff hut, or, The perils of a fisherman's family
J Knight
1868