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
The Travellers
1800
The Tribulations of Tommy Tiptop
1893
The Two fawns
1869
The Widow's cottage
1857
The Wren's nest
1850
The Young artists, and other stories
1855
The Youth's instructer in natural history
1832
The Zoo-zoo
1884
The Zoological garden
1880
The Zoological gardens
1875
The affecting history of the children in the wood
1804
The book of beasts, for young persons
1830
The child's book of zoology
James Hamilton Fennell
1840
The child's play book
1811
The condition, privileges, and hopes of the children of God in Christ Jesus
1800
The death and burial of Cock Robin
1802
The death and burial of Cock Robin
1808
The death and burial of Cock Robin
1817
The death and burial of Cock Robin
1813
The death and burial of Cock Robin ; with the story of The farmer's daughters ; to which is added, The tragical death of an apple-pye
1808
The favorite story book for little folk
1861
The history of beasts
1840
The house that Jack built
1891
The idle boy
1835