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
[Comic animals and their adventures]
1880
A Familiar description of beasts and birds
1813
A book about birds.
1862
A familiar description of beasts
1813
A trifle for a good boy
1807
Aunt Louisa's birthday gift
1872
Aunt Louisa's holiday guest
1872
Aunt Louisa's home favourites
1872
Footsteps to natural history, of beasts
1809
Footsteps to natural history, of beasts
1807
Footsteps to natural history, of beasts
1809
Footsteps to natural history, of beasts
1808
Footsteps to the natural history of beasts
1804
Frank and his pets.
1879
Ichthyology for youth, or, A history of nearly all the known fishes of the ocean
1809
Illustrated sketches of natural history
1864
Juvenile history of beasts.
1819
Little folks' beauty pictures
1871
Memoirs of Dick, the little poney
1804
My pretty pets.
1866
Our pets
1873
Scripture quadrupeds
1858
Stories about beasts
1856
The Children's picture-book of the sagacity of animals
1862