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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Many Gods
Cale Young Rice
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Men, Women, and Gods; and Other Lectures
Helen Helen Hamilton Gardener, Robert Green Ingersoll
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Moses and Aaron: Civil and Ecclesiastical Rites, Used by the Ancient Hebrews
Thomas Goodwin
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Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2)
Andrew Lang
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Myth, Ritual and Religion, Vol. 1 (of 2)
Andrew Lang
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Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas
Hélène Adeline Guerber
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Nature and the Gods
Arthur B Moss
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Nights with the Gods
Emil Reich
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None Other Gods
Robert Hugh Benson
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Old-World Japan: Legends of the Land of the Gods
Frank Rinder, Thomas Heath Robinson
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Pantheism, Its Story and Significance
J. Allanson Picton
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Pink Gods and Blue Demons
Cynthia Stockley
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Planet of the Gods
Robert Moore Williams
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Platonism in English poetry of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
John Smith Harrison
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Plays of Gods and Men
Lord Dunsany
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Preaching and Paganism
Albert Parker Fitch
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Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend
Thomas Browne
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Religion and Art in Ancient Greece
Ernest Arthur Gardner
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Religions of Ancient China
Herbert Allen Giles
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Rig Veda Americanus
Daniel Daniel Garrison Brinton
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Rites and Ritual: A Plea for Apostolic Doctrine and Worship
Philip Freeman, Henry Phillpotts
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Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology
John Wesley Powell
Date unknown
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Teutonic Mythology: Gods and Goddesses of the Northland, Vol. 2
Viktor Rydberg, Rasmus Björn Anderson
Date unknown
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Teutonic Mythology: Gods and Goddesses of the Northland, Vol. 3
Viktor Rydberg, Rasmus Björn Anderson
Date unknown