Tradition 21 of 35
Cryptozoology and Forteana
Cryptids, Bigfoot, lake monsters, anomalous animals, Fortean collections, and unexplained phenomena.
Membership means relevance, not endorsement.
- Books
- 1,204
- Earliest
- 1101
- to 2026
- Read free
- 42%
- 504 with public full text
- With covers
- 63%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match1,095
- Metadata match10
- Query match99
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
- Curiosities and wonders470
- Cryptozoology134
- Early works to 180095
- Loch Ness monster95
- Monsters85
- Cryptozoologie80
- KRYPTOZOOLOGIE73
- Juvenile literature70
- Dragons61
- History51
- Early works to 190047
- Folklore39
- Cavalerie38
- Fiction37
- Natural history37
- Miscellanea32
- Juvenile fiction26
- Mythical Animals26
- Science26
- Sasquatch25
- Animals22
- Sea monsters20
- Monsters, juvenile literature19
- Zoology19
Top languages
- English558 · 46%
- French271 · 23%
- German153 · 13%
- Latin74 · 6%
- NOT32 · 3%
Notable authors
All authors- France158 in this tradition164 books
- Louis XV125 in this tradition126 books
- Louis XVI28 books
- Bernard Heuvelmans11 books
- Ernst Probst8 books
- Loren Coleman8 books
- R. B7 in this tradition14 books
- Seanan McGuire7 in this tradition10 books
- Brad Steiger5 in this tradition19 books
- Louis XIV5 in this tradition7 books
- Pierre Boaistuau5 in this tradition6 books
- Chad Arment5 books
1,204 books
Are there really cryptic species within the myrmecophilous butterfly species Phengaris (Maculinea) teleius and P. (M.) nausithous (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)?
Sylvia Jaschinsky, Jeremy Thomas, Josef Settele, Robin F. A. Moritz
2020
Folklore and Zoology
Floe Foxon
2024
Guinness book of world records, 1978
1978
Hunting monsters - cryptozoology and the reality behind myths
Darren Naish
2017
Mořské příšery
Richard Ellis
2000Czech
Paranormal claims : a critical analysis
Michael Shermer, Stephen Barrett, Barry L. Beyerstein, Susan Blackmore, Geoffrey Dean, Bryan Farha, Ray Hyman, Joe Nickell, Benjamin Radford, James Randi, Linda Rosa, Carl Sagan
2007
Pseudoscience
Brian Regal
2009
Pseudoscience and deception : the smoke and mirrors of paranormal claims
Bryan Farha, Michael Shermer
2014
Psychology and Science of Pseudoscience
Terence Hines
2025
Strange stories, amazing facts
Carol Alway
1976
Strange world
Frank Edwards
1964
The great sea-serpent controversy
Paul Lester
1984
The meaning of the Loch Ness monster
Roger Grimshaw, Paul Lester
1976
The rival monster
Compton Mackenzie
1952
World of the weird
Brad Steiger
1966
Mochi et compagnie
Hiromu Shinozuka
2020French
Histoires naturelles des animaux imaginaires
Hélène Rajcak, Damien Laverdunt
2012French
Sasquatch
Jeff Meldrum
2007
- Read free
Biblia sacra - BSB Clm 4627
2. Hälfte 13. Jh. / frühes 15. Jh.Latin
- Read free
Compilationes antiquae decretalium cum glossis - BSB Clm 3879
1. Hälfte 13. Jh.Latin
- Read free
Psalterium - Staats- und Stadtbibliothek Augsburg 2 Cod 5
Anfang 13. Jh.Latin
- Read free
Stundenbuch - BSB Clm 10095
Ende 15. Jh.Latin
- Read free
Stundenbuch - BSB Clm 10101
2. Hälfte 15. Jh.Latin
- Read free
ʿƎnzira sǝbḥat wa-qarna zammǝro. - Äthiopische Handschrift - BSB Cod.aethiop. 173
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