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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Ritvvm antiqvorvm investigatorem non esse exlegem [microform]
Johann Friedrich Leisner
1898Latin
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Souter liedekens, gemaeckt ter eeren Gods, op alle die Psalmen van David, tot stichtinghe ende een gheestelijcke vermakinghe van alle christen menschen [Willem van Zuylen van Nyevelt]
Willem van Zuylen van Nyevelt
1613Dutch
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Sovter liedekens, gemaeckt ter eeren Gods, op alle die psalmen van David, tot stichtinge ende een gheestelijcke vermakinghe van alle christen menschen
Willem van Zuylen van Nyevelt
1613Dutch
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Ueber den christlichen cultus [microform]
Joachim Christian Gass
1815German
Art, Shamanism and Animism
Max Carocci, Robert J Wallis
2022
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Magiaa ennen ja nyt
Sonja Hukantaival, Tiina Mahlamäki, Aleksi Nicolas Moine
2024Finnish
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Mithra. Ein Beitrag zur Mythengeschichte des Orients
Friedrich Heinrich Hugo Windischmann
1857German
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Opus tripartitum de praeceptis Decalogi, de confessione et de arte moriendi Salicheit der menschen Johannes Gerson
Jean Gerson
1482Dutch
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Prideaux's notes on geography (in English and Latin), history both 'profane' and ecclesiastical, law, and philosophy
John Prideaux
1637
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The Children of Odin: The Book of Northern Myths
Padraic Colum, Willy Pogány
1984
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Tou hu xin ge
Guang Sima
1621Chinese
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‘Codex Laud’ or ‘Codex Mictlan’, pictorial screenfold
William Laud
1400Norwegian
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Afbeelding van de kaamer en 't parade-bed waar op het lyk van Haare Koninglyke Hoogheid Anna, Kroon Princesse van Groot-Brittagne, Princesse Douairiere van Oranje en Nassau, ... geduurende verscheide dagen in de maand february 1759 ten toon is gesteld geweest
1759Dutch
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Convoi-funebre de Son Altesse Royale Anne, princesse royale de la Grande Bretagne, princesse douairiere d'Orange et de Nassau, gouvernante des Provinces-Unies, &c. &c. &c
1761Dutch
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Primitive culture, vol. 2 (of 2)
Edward Edward Burnett Tylor
Date unknown
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Cicero's Tusculan Disputations
Marcus Tullius Cicero, Charles Duke Yonge
Date unknown
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Primitive culture, vol. 1 (of 2)
Edward Edward Burnett Tylor
Date unknown
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The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ
Kersey Graves
Date unknown
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Yoginīdaśāphala, circa 1700-1850
1700Sanskrit
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Esequie fatte in Padoua al gra[nde] prior di Lombardia f. Agostino Forzadura, sig. di Candiolo &c., li xix aprile M.DC.LXIII
1663Italian
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Rājāvalī, 1851
1851Sanskrit
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The Story of Doctor Dolittle
Hugh Lofting
1920
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The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Vol. I
Edgar Allan Poe, John H. Ingram
1874
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The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Vol. II (Assignation / Balloon-Hoax / Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Descent Into the Maelstrom / Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar / Fall of the House of Usher / Gold-Bug / Imp of the Perverse / Island of the Fay / Masque of the Red Death / Mesmeric Revelation / Ms. Found in a Bottle / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Mystery of Marie Roget / Oval Portrait / Pit and the Pendulum / Premature Burial / Purloined Letter / Tell-Tale Heart / Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade / Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall / Von Kempelen and His Discovery)
Edgar Allan Poe
1884