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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Het recht gebruyck van des Heeren H. Avontmael, soo voor als na de bedieninge; bestaende in meditatien, gebeden en danckseggingen, door C. Drelincourt, P. du Moulin, en andere godtsgeleerden Item, De klacht van een swaermoedige ziel over 't gebruyck van 't H. Avontmael, met een nevensgaende troost, door S. Simonides Als mede, De noodsakelijkheit des H. Avondmaels.. door G. Udemans en [J. van Foquenbergues] De reyze na Beth-El, of het Huys Gods: ... Midsgaders Soete ziel-tochten en bewegingen des herten: met byvoeginge van verscheyde Psalmen... ook verrijckt met een Daghwerk
1700Dutch
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The tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck
Beatrix Potter, Colin Twinn
1908
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Wiara Słowian z obrzędów, klechd, pieśni ludu, guseł, kronik i mowy słowiańskiej wskrzeszona
1880Polish
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Wachtgheschrey. Allen liefhebbers der eeren Gods, des Vaderlandts, ende der priuilegien ende Vryheden des seluen, tot waer schouwinghe ghestelt
1578Dutch
A Century of James Frazer’s The Golden Bough
Stephanie Lynn Budin, Caroline J Tully
2025
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Animal Story Book (1914)
Andrew Lang
1896
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Speech of Mr. John Duer, delivered in the convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Diocese of New-York, on Friday, the 29th of September, 1843, in support of the resolutions offered by Judge Oakley
John Duer
1843
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The adventures of Telemachus
François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon
1766
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八仙過海圖 卷
1300Chinese
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Balustion's Adventure, Aristophanes' Apology, Pacchiarotto and other Poems
Robert Browning
1886
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Stories of the Canadian forest, or, Little Mary and her nurse
Catherine Parr Traill
1856
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The Bacchanals and Other Plays
Euripides
1888
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The world of ice, or, Adventures in the polar regions
Robert Michael Ballantyne
1860
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True stories about dogs & cats
Eliza Lee Follen
1855
Animal cell technology
Japanese Association for Animal Cell Technology. Meeting, European Society of Animal Cell Technology. General Meeting
1899
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Wild Animals I Have Known
Ernest Thompson Seton
1898
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The gorilla hunters
Robert Michael Ballantyne
1858
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Die schönsten Sagen des klassischen Altertums
Gustav Schwab
1838
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The dog Crusoe
Robert Michael Ballantyne
1800
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Fables
Jean de La Fontaine
1678
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The Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard and Her Dog
Sarah Catherine Martin
1790
A Taoist enigma, the exorcist "Spell Lord Wood"
Florian C. Reiter
2024
Cryptozoology
Johan Egerkrans
2026
The Case for Christ-Japanese
Lee Strobel
1656