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
Gualth. van Doeveren Specimen observationum academicarum ad monstrorum historiam
Gualtherus van Doeveren
1765Latin
Handbuch von allerley nützlichen Erinnerungen, anmüetigen und lustigen erbaulichen denckwürdigen und meistentheils neuen Exempeln oder Beispielen
Martin Zeiller
1655German
Henrici Kornmanni Opera curiosa in tractatus qvatuor distributa ...
Heinrich Kornmann
1694Latin
Henrici Kornmanni Opera curiosa in tractatus qvatuor distributa, qvorum
Heinrich Kornmann
1694Latin
Histoires prodigievses les plvs memorables qvi ayent esté observées
Pierre Boaistuau
1560French
Historiarum mirabilium auctores Graeci
Phlegon of Tralles, Johannes van Meurs
1622Ancient Greek
Hominidés inconnus
Mireille Thibault
2015French
Jo. Ludovici Praschii Facetiæ
Johann Ludwig Prasch
1689Latin
Joh. Henrici Ursini ... Acerra philologica
Johann Heinrich Ursin
1670Latin
Kaijūki
Hideyuki Takano, Kiyoshi Mori
2007Japanese
Kitāb-i ʻajāyibāt-i rozekār
Ramchundra
1847Urdu
Kroniki dziwnych bestii =
Ge Yan
2023Polish
Kŭraedo-kŭdŭl-ŭn-sara-itta
Lothar Frenz
2002Korean
L' introduction au traite de la conformite des merueilles anciennes auec les modernes
Henri II Estienne
1566French
L'homme congelé
Marie Voignier, Stefanie Michaela Baumann
2010French
La race oubliée
Christian Le Noël
2002French
Le commerce de la curiosité
Edmond Bonnaffé
1895French
Les Bêtes humaines d'Afrique...
Bernard Heuvelmans
1980French
Les Monstres vivants
Linda Gamlin
1981French
Les animaux étranges
Élisabeth Dumont-Le Cornec
2021French
Les derniers dragons d'Afrique...
Bernard Heuvelmans
1978French
Les félins encore inconnus d'Afrique
Bernard Heuvelmans
2007French
Les grands mystères expliqués par la science
Gabriel Joseph-Dezaize, Béatrice Bocard, Jean-François Chaix
2020French
Levini Lemnii medici Zirizaei Occulta naturae miracula
Levinus Lemnius
1559Latin