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
What the dragon fly told the children
Frances Bell Coursen
1896
When I was a little girl
Frances A. Humphrey
1882
Who is God?, or, Mr. Myrtle's talks with his boys, Bobby and Benny
W. M. J
1865
Who killed Cock Robin?
F. Carruthers Gould
1896
Who was the first paper-maker?
Thomas Nelson & Sons
1874
Who were the first builders
William Small
1875
Who were the first miners?
Thomas Nelson & Sons
1874
Wild and tame
Lucy Ellen Guernsey
1858
Wild animals
Josephine Pollard
1886
Wild animals of the Bible
J. G. Wood, Green Longmans, Hanson and Co Ballantyne, Ballantyne Press
1887
Wildcat tower, or, The adventures of four boys in pursuit of sport and natural history in the North Countrie
G. Christopher Davies, Frederick Warne and Co, Hans Jürgen Press, Dalziel Brothers
1877
Willie and Lucy at home
Agnes Giberne
1879
Willie and Nellie, or, Stories about my canaries
Sarah Cousin
1859
Windows of the soul, or, Curiosities of the human age
David Rice
1859
Winter evening recreations
John William Orr
1853
Wonderful animals, comprising King Donkey's doings, Dogs' dinner party, King Gobble's feast, Wandering bunny, Spoilt Piggy Wiggy, Cats' party
John Karst
1876
Wonderland of wisdom, or, The boys library
Wynn Field
1891
Wood's Natural history for children
J. G. Wood
1898
Woodland and wild
1868
Woodworth's American miscellany of entertaining knowledge
Francis C. Woodworth, D. Austin Woodworth
1852
Young Humphrey's keepsake
Charles Rolls
1857
Young folks ̓pictures and stories of animals, for home and school
Abby Amy Gove Mrs Tenney
1887
Young folks' natural history
D. G. Wood
1887
Zig zag fables
J. A. Shepherd
1897