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
Liberti Fromondi in Academia Lovaniensi S. Th. Doctoris, et professoris regii, Saturnalitiae c oe n ae [sic], variatae somnio, sive Peregrinatione caelesti
Libert Froidmont
1665Latin
M. Jo. Mich. Schwimmers Deliciae physicae, das ist, Physicalische Ergetzlickkeiten durch Fragen und Neben-Fragen, zu Nutz und Lust, Gelehrten und Ungelehrten ...
Johann Michael Schwimmer
1701German
Magiae natvralis, sive, De miracvlis rervm natvralivm libri IIII
Giambattista della Porta
1558Latin
Manual de curiosidades
Jose . Gefe de Villa
1832Spanish
- Read free
Mere Nature Delineated, or, A Body Without a Soul: Being Observations Upon the Young Forester Lately Brought to Town from Germany, With Suitable Applications; Also, A Brief Dissertation Upon the Usefulness and Necessity of Fools, Whether Political or Natural
Daniel Defoe
1726
Messieurs et dames, Vous êtes avertis qu'il est arrivé dans cette noble ville, le Sr. Soldi, condusiant avec lui une grande ménagerie d'animaux ...
Soldi Sieur
1773French
Meteorvm, hoc est, impressionvm aerearvm et mirabilium naturae operum, loci ferè omnes
Marcus Fritsche
1563Latin
Między człowiekiem a zwierzęciem
Valentin Borisovič Sapunov
2008Polish
Monster
Melvyn J. Willin
2011German
Monstres des lacs et des océans
Richard D. Nolane
1996French
Neu-eröffnete Kunst- und Schatz-Kammer rarer und neuer Curiositaeten von den aller-wunderbahresten Würckungen der Natur und Kunst
Joan Jose De Schwalbenfeldt
1707German
Nguoi Rung. Der vietnamesische Affenmensch
Ernst Probst
2013German
Nisser & trolde og andre glemte dyr
Michael Lycke
2000Danish
Nuovo dizionario scientifico e curioso sacro-profano
Gianfrancesco Pivati
1746Italian
Oculta filosofia de la sympatia, y antipatia de las cosas, artificio de la naturaleza, y noticia natural del mundo
Juan Eusebio Nieremberg
1633Spanish
On the Track of Unknown Animals (Living Fossils)
Bernard Heuvelmans
1958
Orang Pendek - Der kleine Affenmensch auf Sumatra
Ernst Probst
2013German
Palaephati fragmenta
Palaeaphatus, Pius II Pope, Clarelio Lupo
1511Latin
Petit ingenii largitor, ou, Le précis des raretés & curiosités de la nature, tant en physique qu'en méchanique
Dupuis Durand M
1778French
Philonis Byzantini Libellus de septem orbis spectaculis
Philo of Byzantium, Denis Salvaing de Boissieu, Leone Allacci, Johann Konrad Orelli, Callinicus, Adrianus of Tyre
1816Ancient Greek
Philosophischer Lust-Stunden, oder, Allerhand schöner anmutiger rarer so nützlich- als erbaulicher, politischer, physicalischer, historischer u.d. geist- und weltlicher Curiositäten
Franz Christian Paullini
1709German
Phlegontis Tralliani, Quae exstant, opuscula
Phlegon of Tralles, Johannes van Meurs, Wilhelm Xylander
1620Ancient Greek
Podlinnoe i obstoi︠a︡telʹnoe opisanīe postroennago v Peterburgi︠e︡ v genvari︠e︡ mi︠e︡si︠a︡t︠s︡e 1740 goda Ledi︠a︡nago doma i vsi︠e︡kh nakhodivshikhsi︠a︡ v nem domovykh veshcheĭ i uborov s prilozhennymi pri tom gridorovannymi figurami, takzhe i ni︠e︡kotorymi primi︠e︡chanīi︠a︡mi o byvsheĭ v 1740 godu vo vseĭ Ėvropi︠e︡ zhestokoĭ stuzhi︠e︡
Georg Wolfgang Krafft
1741Russian
Powrót smoków
Hartwig Hausdorf
2004Polish