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
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The Athenian Captive: A Tragedy. In Five Acts
Thomas Noon Talfourd
1838
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The Aztecs: Their History, Manners, and Customs
John Leslie Garner Lucien Biart
1886
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The Birds of Aristophanes, tr. by J.H. Frere [and A.C. Swinburne, ed. by J.W. Clark]
Aristophanes
1883
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The British birds, a communication from the ghost of Aristophanes
Mortimer Collins
1878
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The British poets, including translations
British poets
1822
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The Origin Of Ancient Names
F. Dunlap
1856
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The adventures of Telemachus: Pope's Homer's Odyssey, books i.-iv., with notes
Homerus
1871
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The art of contentment, by the author of the whole duty of man
Dorothy Pakington Richard Allestree
1677
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Akhbār al-ajal
Ghulām Ḥusayn, author
1800Persian
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Classical dictionary of India, illustrative of the mythology, philosophy, literature, antiquities, arts, manners, customs, etc., of the Hindus
John Garrett
1871
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Esequie della Maestà Christianiss. di Luigi XIII il Giusto rè di Francia e di Nauarra. Celebrate in Firenze dall'Altezza Serenis. di Ferdinando II gran duca di Toscana
Francesco Cecchi-Conti, Paolo Parigi, Smarrito
1644Italian
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Man and beast, here and hereafter
John George Wood, Making of America Project
1874
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The Kingdom of God Is Within You
Лев Толстой
1894
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The assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Phineas Densmore Gurley, Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
1865
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The guide of the perplexed of Maimonides
Moses Maimonides
1473
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The last of the giant killers
John Christopher Atkinson
1891
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Esequie di Luigi I. cattolico re delle Spagne
Ferdinando Ruggieri, Santa Maria Novella, Niccolò Marcello Venuti
1724Italian
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L. Apuleii Metamorphoseos, siue, Lusus asini libri XI
Apuleius
1521Ancient Greek
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Merry's book of animals
John Newton Stearns
1860
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Origin and evolution of religion
Edward Washburn Hopkins
1923
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The horse
William Youatt
1831
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A fragment on Mackintosh
James Mill
1835
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La tin du paganisme: étude sur les dernières luttes religieuses en Occident an quatrième siècle:
Gaston Boissier
1894French
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Paws and claws
Elizabeth Anna Hart
1874