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
Marie the orphan
1852
Marino Falierei, the doge of Venice
1855
Mary Smith, or, The poor little girl who knew how to do good
1831
Mary, Ellen, and Lucy
1853
My book of adventures
1899
My zoo ABC
1890
Naughty Nix, or, The vain kitten
1873
Nellie Grey, or, Ups and downs of every-day life
1865
Nellie Russell, or, The little girl who was easily frightened
1858
Newburyport, Sept. 3, 1794.
1794
Nil desperandum
1891
Olive Crowhurst
1880
Our Christmas box
1891
Our children's Christmas book
1882
Our family pets and farm friends
1897
Our farm friends ABC
1880
Our pets
1880
Our ponds and our fields and what may be seen there
1880
Our young folks at home
1888
Peeps into petland
1897
Pen and pencil pictures
1897
Pets at play
1880
Picture alphabet of beasts
1876
Pictures & stories from natural history
1886