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 sparrow
Edward Augustus Kendall
1798
The statistics of the wealth and industry of the United States, embracing the tables of wealth, taxation, and public indebtedness; of agriculture: manufactures: mining: and the fisheries with which are reproduced, from the volume on population, the major tables of occupations. Compiled, from the original returns of the Ninth Census, (June 1, 1870,) under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, by Francis A. Walker, Superintendent of Census.
1872
The story of Mary Jones and her Bible
Mary Emily Ropes
1891
The story of Papa's wise dogs
John Bailey
1867
The story of a drop of water
Elizabeth Cory
1858
The story of a mouse
Perring Mrs
1862
The story of the Rhinegold (Der Ring des Nibelungen)
Anna Alice Chapin
1898
The story of the ministry of Christ
R. E. H
1886
The strange adventures of Billy Trill
Harriet A. Cheever
1898
The string of pearls, for boys and girls
T. S Arthur
1853
The sunny home
Mercie Sunshine
1873
The talking clock and the stories it told
Mary Louisa Molesworth
1892
The tame goldfinch, or, The unfortunate neglect
Jacob Johnson
1808
The teacher's gift to an industrious scholar
Alexander Anderson
1833
The three voices, or, Light and truth through a thin veil of allegory
Hodges Reed
1854
The travels and surprising adventures of Baron Munchausen
George Cruikshank
1869
The trial of Harry Hardheart
Frankly Mr
1820
The true and pleasant history of Elizabeth Loveless
1816
The two doves and the owl
Samuel G. Goodrich
1819
The two goats and the sick monkey
Bailey & Noyes
1860
The two lambs
Cameron Mrs
1816
The two lambs
Lucy Lyttelton Cameron
1817
The waif of Bounders' Rents
M. B. Manwell
1898
The white dove
Christoph von Schmid
1871