Tradition 24 of 33
Legendary beings and transformations
Fairies, elementals, vampires, werewolves, and other beings discussed in folklore, occult literature, or anomalous reports.
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- Books
- 2,883
- Earliest
- 1144
- to 2026
- Read free
- 36%
- 1,048 with public full text
- With covers
- 51%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match1,368
- Metadata match20
- Query match1,494
- Source classification (retained through merging)1
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Key subjects
- Fairy tales1K
- Juvenile fiction413
- Fairies363
- Fiction359
- Vampires270
- Folklore228
- Children's fiction177
- Children's stories173
- Conduct of life164
- Children135
- Werewolves117
- Tales114
- Juvenile literature113
- Vampir111
- Foreign elements110
- Fantasy105
- Early works to 1800101
- Vampires, fiction93
- Fantasy fiction90
- Magic89
- Euclid's Elements88
- Specimens80
- History67
- History and criticism59
Top languages
- English1,776 · 62%
- German445 · 15%
- French254 · 9%
- Latin42 · 1%
- Japanese36 · 1%
Notable authors
All authors- Hans Christian Andersen56 books
- Charles Perrault46 in this tradition48 books
- Andrew Lang27 in this tradition36 books
- Walter Crane25 in this tradition26 books
- Marie-Catherine Le Jumelle de Berneville comtesse d'Aulnoy25 books
- Wilhelm Grimm20 in this tradition24 books
- Jacob Grimm20 in this tradition21 books
- Euclid20 books
- Wenzel Müller15 in this tradition17 books
- Gebrüder Grimm [Brothers Grimm]14 in this tradition15 books
- Harriet Muncaster14 books
- George MacDonald13 in this tradition15 books
2,883 books
The elf-errant
Moira O'Neill
1895
The fairy doll
Rumer Godden
2006
The fairy godmother, or, The adventures of Prince Eigenwillig
Francis Edward Paget
1867
The fairy godmother, or, The adventures of Prince Eigenwillig
William Churne
1848
The fairy spinner
Miranda Hill
1875
The fairy spinning wheel and the tales it spun
Catulle Mendès, Thomas J. Vivian, Marion L. Peabody, Geo. H. Ellis, Richard G. Badger
1899
The fairy's gift
M. Johnston
1883
The first of May
John Richard de Capel Wise, John R Wise, Walter Crane, Henry Sotheran, Goupil & Cie
1881
The first of May
Walter Crane
1881
The floral offering, or, Legends of the flowers
Susan Pindar
1854
The flowers' festival
Elsa Beskow
2022
The forest fairy
Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen Baron Brabourne
1896
The forty thieves, or, Ali Baba and his female slave
Marjorie Moon
1811
The giant and the dwarf
Alfred Crowquill
1857
The green Toby jug
Edwin Mrs Hohler
1898
The history of Jack & the bean-stalk
George Cruikshank, David Bogue
1854
The history of Little Red Riding-Hood, or, The deceitful wolf
Cameron Mrs
1820
The history of Prince Perrypets
Louisa Knatchbull-Hugessen
1872
The history of Sindbad the sailor
1815
The history of Tom Thumb.
1830
The history of Whittington
Andrew Lang
1890
The history of the White Cat.
1835
The island of the rainbow
Newton Mrs Crosland
1866
The king of Root Valley and his curious daughter
Robert Reinick
1856