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
Directions for collecting ...
1891
Directions for pasteurization of milk
1897
Directions for sterilization of milk
1893
Discorsi sul culto di Maria ssma
1858Italian
Ecbasis captivi
1875Multiple languages
Ein Gespräch zweier jüdischen Freunde über das Wort Gottes.
1842German
Entdeckungsreisen in Feld und Flur
Hermann Wagner
1866German
Etudes sur le symbolisme de la nature
1868French
Exports of animals and their products
1897
Études préparatoires au pèlerinage eucharistique en terre sainte et a Jérusalem en Avril et en Mai 1893.
1893French
Feeding of farm animals
1895
Fifty dairy rules
1897
Fontes historiae mysteriorum aevi hellenistici
1923Ancient Greek
Formule de cérémonies et de prières pour le sacre de leurs majestés impériales Napoléon Ier empereur des français, et l'impératrice Joséphine.
1804French
Fu Songqing ben Xia xiao zheng.
1887Chinese
Go ttliche Wunderschrift
1789German
Government salary tables adopted by comptrolling officers of Treasury Department
1891
Göttliche Wunderschrift
1789German
Greek Folk-Songs From the Turkish Provinces of Greece, Albania, Thessaly (Not Yet Wholly Free), and Macedonia
1885
Historie générale des cérémonies, moeurs, et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuple du monde
1741French
Hoch-deutsches lutherisches A B C-und Namen-Büchlein
Conrad Zentler
1824German
Hoch-deutsches lutherisches Abc-und Namen-Büchlein
Gustav Sigismund Peters
1838German
Hoch-deutsches reformirtes A B C- und Namen-Büchlein
Conrad Zentler
1824German
How to select good cheese
1896