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
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Alfred of Wessex. [A poem.]
Richard KELSEY
1852
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Antinous; a romance of ancient Rome
Adolf] [Hausrath
1882
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Aristodemus
Catherine Crowe
1838
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Greek folklore. On the breaking of vessels as a funeral rite in modern Greece
Louis Dyer, Nikolaos G Polites
1893
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Humor in Animals
W. H. Beard
1885
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The idea of God as affected by modern knowledge
John Fiske
1885
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A Century of Indian Epigrams
Bhartr̥hari, Paul Elmer More, Bruce Rogers, Shapiro Bruce Rogers Collection, Pforzheimer Bruce Rogers Collection, Bhartr̥hari, Paul Elmer More
1898
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A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History
John Dowson
1870
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A Comparative Study of Hesiod and Pindar
John Adams Scott
1898
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A Few Days in Athens: Being the Translation of a Greek Manuscript Discovered
Frances Wright
1825
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A General View of Chinese Civilization and of the Relations of the West with
John Carey Hall Pierre Laffitte
1887
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A Glimpse of God's Glory
Thomas Hodges
1642
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A History of the New Testament Times: The Time of the Apostles
Adolf Hausrath
1895
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A Metrical Version of the Acharnians, the Knights, and the Birds, with Occasional Comment
Aristophanes
1887
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A Popular History of Priestcraft in All Ages and Nations
William Howitt
1833
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A Romance of the Willow
Marie Woodruff Walker
1891
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A Sanskrit reader: with vocabulary and notes
Charles Rockwell Lanman
1889
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A Select Collection of Letters of Antients: Written Originally by Phalaris, Solon, Socrates
John Savage
1703
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A Smaller Classical Mythology: With Translations from the Ancient Poets, and Questions Upon the Work
William Smith
1882
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A payre of compasses for chvrch and state: Delivered in a sermon preached at
Charles Herle
1642
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Aeschylus
Reginald Stephen Copleston
1870
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Alcestis: A Dramatic Poem
John Todhunter
1879
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An Atlas of Ancient Egypt
Egypt Exploration Society
1894
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An Exposition of the Mysteries; Or, Religious Dogmas and Customs of the
John Fellows
1835