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 Bloudy Tenent of Persecution
Samuel Lunt Caldwell Roger Williams
1867
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The Brihad Āraṇyaka Upanishad
Śaṅkarācārya Edward Röer
1856
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Svapnādhyāya, circa 1700-1850
Br̥haspati
1700Sanskrit
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The last act
William Tegg
1878
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mary-e-litchfield-the-nine-worlds
Mary E. Litchfield
1894
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Daphne and other poems
Frederick Tennyson
1891
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Nelle solenni esequie per la sacra cesarea reale apostolica maestà di Giuseppe Secondo, imperatore e re
Andrea Appiani, Stefano Bonsignore, Domenico Cagnoni, Giacomo Mercoli, Giuseppe Piermarini
1790Italian
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Nelle solenni esequie per la sacra cesarea reale apostolica maestà di Leopoldo Secondo imperatore e re
Andrea Appiani, Stefano Bonsignore, Domenico Cagnoni, Giacomo Mercoli, Giuseppe Piermarini
1792Italian
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The Infernal Marriage
Benjamin Disraeli
Date unknown
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The Pantheon, representing the fabulous histories of the heathen gods, and most illustrious heroes; in a plain, and familiar method, by way of dialogue
François Pomey, Andrew Tooke
1803
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Theological Writings Of Hermes, Christian Neoplatonist
John David Chambers
1882
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Breve raguaglio del funerale fatto al sereniss. Vincenzo, che fù duca di Mantoua e di Monferrato, dal sereniss. signor duca Carlo I. suo zio e successore
Antonio Salmatia
1628Italian
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Celtic mythology and religion, with chapters upon Druid circles and Celtic burial
Alexander Macbain, William J. Watson, Tarl Warwick
1885
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Grundzüge der marinen Tiergeographie
Arnold Edward Ortmann
1896
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Moralia
Plutarch
1500
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Racconto delle sontuose esequie fatte alla serenissima Isabella reina di Spagna nella chiesa maggiore della città di Milano il giorno xxij. decembre dell'anno M.D.C.XLIV
Giovanni Paolo Bianchi
1645Italian
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El pantheon real, funebre aparato a las exequias, que en la ciudad de Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala se hicieron por el alma, y â la piadosa memoria de nuestra catholica reina, y señora, doña Maria Amalia de Saxonia
Sebastian de Arébalo, Juan Antonio Dighero, José Til
1763Latin
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Friends and Helpers
Sarah J. Eddy
1899
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Genealogy South Indian Gods
Hinduism
1869
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The worship of baalim in Israel
John William Colenso, Henricus Oort
1865
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Albany F Major Sagas & Songs Of The Norsemen
Albany F Major
1844
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Aur. Theodosii Macrobii v. cl. & inlustris Opera
Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius Macrobius
1694Latin
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Nicene and post-Nicene fathers
Augustine of Hippo, Philip Schaff, Richard N. Longenecker, Mark Water, Charles Haddon Spurgeon
1865
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Orazione fvnerale di Benedetto Betti
Benedetto Betti, Antonio Padovani
1574Italian