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 natural history of four footed beasts
Tommy Trip
1795
The nursery rattle
Anne L. Huber
1873
The old garden
Margaret Deland
1886
The olive-branch and other stories
A. L. O. E
1881
The otter's story [five other stories]
Olive Thorne Miller, Harrison Weir, John Greenaway, Walter Smith, Sons R. Clay
1880
The painted bird and the painted text
Mary C. Bushe
1869
The palmetto boys
Julia McNair Wright
1871
The parlour menagerie
1878
The peasant and his daughter, or, The providence of God
César Malan
1855
The pet lamb
Harriet Myrtle
1867
The picture ABC book
Francis C. Woodworth
1857
The picture book for the young
Mary Botham Howitt
1862
The picture book of one hundred pictures for little children
A. J. Miss Toy
1865
The pink hen
Cuthbert Spurling
1899
The pleasant tale of Puss and Robin
Tom Hood
1871
The pocket farrier, or, Farmers' receipt book : a selection of receipts for the cure of disease in horses, cattle, sheep, and swine : with directions to farmers for choosing good stock ...
1836
The power of instruction, or, The guilty tongue
Eliza Cheap
1824
The power of kindness and other stories
T. S Arthur
1881
The primer, or, Mother's spelling-book
Dorothy Kilner
1824
The professor's children
Edith Henrietta Fowler
1897
The progressive reader, or, Juvenile monitor
Moses G. Atwood
1837
The queen's oak
Lucy Byerley
1894
The rag pickers, and other stories
Madeline Leslie
1863
The rainbow of charity, or, The best feelings of the heart
Mary Durang
1857