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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Yogasaṃgraha, circa 1700-1850
1700Sanskrit
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Funeral chant pictographs
1885
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Vadhūvaraguṇamelanacarka, circa 1700-1850
1700Sanskrit
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Teddy's button
Amy Le Feuvre
1880
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Die Musen: Eine Ode
Paul Claudel, Franz Blei
Date unknownGerman
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Die infantile Wiederkehr des Totemismus
Sigmund Freud
Date unknownGerman
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Grahalalita, 1854
1854Sanskrit
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Hesiodi Carmina
Hesiod, Ambroise Firmin-Didot
Date unknownLatin
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Homeri Carmina et Cycli Epici Reliquiæ. Pars Tertia: Hymni
751? BCE-651? BCE Homer, Ambroise Firmin-Didot
Date unknownLatin
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Muinaisten suomalaisten pakanalliset epäjumalat
Gustaf Erik Eurén
Date unknownFinnish
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Panthéon égyptien
Jean-François Champollion, Léon Jean Joseph Dubois
Date unknownFrench
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A Translation of the Epistles of Clement of Rome, Polycarp, and Ignatius, and of the First ...
Temple Chevallier
1834
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Gods of the lightning; Outside looking in
Maxwell Anderson, Harold Hickerson, Jim Tully
Date unknown
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Rime of the ancient mariner
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
1827
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The Island of Dr. Moreau
H. G. Wells
1896
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An exposition vpon the second Epistle generall of Saint Peter
Andrew Simson
1632
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A Sermon, Preached at Haverhill, Mass., in Remembrance of Mrs. Harriet Newell, Wife of the Rev ...
Harriet Newell, Leonard Woods
1830
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A System of Christian Doctrine: V. 2
Isaak August Dorner, Alfred Cave, John Shaw Banks
1881
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A Companion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Protestant Episcopal Church ...
John Henry Hobart, Robert Nelson
1824
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An examination of the Church catechism, with a view to its revision or disuse, a letter to the ...
[author not identified]
1844
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The British and Foreign Evangelical Review
Paterson M.D, . H. Sinclair
1881
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Rzut oka na wpływy nowoplatońskie w średnich wiekach
1891Polish
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Bambi
Felix Salten
1900
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Poems
Rudyard Kipling, Elliot
1899