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
Era
Zigzag journeys in India, or, The antipodes of the Far East
Hezekiah Butterworth
1887
[Criticism by H. W. Elliott of Treasury Department report on seal life on Pribilof Islands.]
1896
[Fragment of a children's book of verses]
Harrison Weir
1871
[Illustrated primer with alphabet, word lists, and short stories]
Vincent Dill
1863
[Minor publications on pros and cons of vivisection]
1895
[Miscellaneous articles taken from the Contemporary review.
1872
[Operations of Bureau of Animal Industry, 1898.]
1899
[Printing report by Fish Commission on seals.]
1896
[Request to print Russian Fur Seal Islands, by L. Stejneger.]
1896
20 images enfantines
Librairies-imprimeries réunies
1890French
A Miskolczi chewra kadischa
1889Hungarian
Additional investigations concerning infectious swine diseases
1894
Animal parasites of sheep
1890
Beretning om mødet af delegerede for landbruget, valgte af det kongelige Landhusholdnings-Selskab, angaaende Dampskibsfarten, den 15de marts 1884.
1884Danish
Blackleg
1898
Catalogue of collection to illustrate animal resources and fisheries of U.S., exhibited at Philadelphia in 1876 by Smithsonian Institution and U.S. Fish Commission, and forming part of U.S. National Museum
1879
Check list of animal parasites of chickens (Gallus domesticus)
1896
Check list of animal parasites of ducks (Anas boschas domestica)
1896
Check list of animal parasites of geese (Anser anser domesticus)
1896
Check list of animal parasites of pigeons (Columbia livia domestica)
1896
Check list of animal parasites of turkeys (Meleagris galloparo mexicana)
1896
Cheese industry of State of New York
1896
Classification of collection to illustrate animal resources of U.S.: List of substances derived from animal kingdom, with synopsis of useful and injurious animals and classification of methods of capture and utilization
1876
Colored spots in cheese
1898