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 adventures of a bear, and a great bear too
Alfred Elwes
1853
The adventures of a cat
C. W. Mlle
1865
The adventures of a little French boy
Alfred Guézenec
1863
The adventures of seven four-footed foresters
James Greenwood
1865
The alphabet of animals
Ernest Henry Griset
1880
The angel of the iceberg, and other stories
John Todd
1859
The angel of the iceberg, and other stories and parables ; to which is added, Truth made simple, a system of theology for children
John Todd
1859
The banner of Christ set up
Joseph Harvey
1818
The bashful earthquake
Oliver Herford
1898
The bird and insects' post-office
Robert Bloomfield
1879
The bird's nest
Mary Elliott
1828
The blackbirds nest
Johnson & Warner
1812
The book for the Lord's day
B. H. Draper
1854
The book of animals
Frederica Graham
1857
The book of animals
T. Bilby
1850
The book of animals
James O. Brayman
1800
The book of beasts for little children
E.P. Walton & Son
1837
The book of curiosities
Septimus Winner
1855
The book of domestic animals
Sidney Babcock
1840
The book of pussy cats
Thomas Archer
1891
The book of the months
W. L. Orinsby, William Crosby and Company, Geo. A. & J. Curtis, Andrews & Co Carter, New England Type and Stereotype Foundry
1839
The boy emigrants
Noah Brooks, William Ludwell Sheppard, John F. Trow & Son
1877
The boy in grey
Henry Kingsley, Strahan & Co, Dalziel Brothers, Camden Press, James Burn & Company
1871
The boy tramps, or, Across Canada
J. Macdonald Oxley
1896