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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Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology
John Wesley Powell, Victor Mindeleff, James Stevenson
Date unknown
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Engines of the Gods
Gardner Gardner Francis Fox, Henry William Kiemle
Date unknown
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Fishes, Flowers, & Fire as Elements and Deities in the Phallic Faiths & Worship of the Ancient Religions of Greece, Babylon, Rome, India, &c.
Anonymous
Date unknown
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Gay gods and merry mortals: some excursions in verse
Robert Robert James Shores
Date unknown
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Gedächtnispredigt auf das absterben des durchlauchtigsten Fürsten und Hern, Hern Carls, regierenden Herzogs zu Braunschweig und Lüneburg [et]c
Joan Wilhelm Wolfgang Breithaupt
1780German
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Gods of Modern Grub Street: Impressions of Contemporary Authors
Arthur St. John Adcock, Emil Otto Hoppé
Date unknown
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Gods of Space
Ray Cummings, John B Musacchia
Date unknown
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Gods of the North
Robert Robert Ervin Howard
Date unknown
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Gods of the jungle
Nelson S Bond, Robert Fuqua
Date unknown
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Gold of the Gods
Arthur Arthur Benjamin Reeve
Date unknown
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Guns of the Gods: A Story of Yasmini's Youth
Talbot Mundy
Date unknown
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Heretics And Heresies
Robert Green Ingersoll
Date unknown
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Hero Tales
James Baldwin
Date unknown
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Hindu gods and heroes
Lionel Lionel David Barnett
Date unknown
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Household Gods: A Comedy
Aleister Crowley
Date unknown
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Humboldt
Robert Green Ingersoll
Date unknown
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Hypolympia; Or, The Gods in the Island, an Ironic Fantasy
Edmund Gosse
Date unknown
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Image of the Gods
Alan Edward Nourse
Date unknown
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Individuality
Robert Green Ingersoll
Date unknown
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Introduction to the History of Religions
Crawford Howell Toy, Morris Jastrow
Date unknown
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Ixion In Heaven
Benjamin Disraeli
Date unknown
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Kankanay Ceremonies
Claude Russell Moss
Date unknown
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Legends of Gods and Ghosts (Hawaiian Mythology)
William Drake Westervelt
Date unknown
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Legends of the Gods
E. A. Wallis Budge
Date unknown