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
I ate the sheriff
K. Bennett
2012
In the fire
Euphemia Johnson Richmond, E. J. Mrs Richmond
1892
In the land of fairies
Daniela Drescher
2004
Is it true?
Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
1872
Jack & the beanstalk
R. André
1888
Jack of all trades
Rosa Abbott Parker
1867
Jack the Giant Killer
inc McLoughlin Bros.
1895
Jack the Giant Killer
Edward P. Cogger
1878
Japanese fairy tale
E. Rothesay Miller
1895
Japanese fairy tales
Lafcadio Hearn
1898
Jeffery's edition of the Castle of Otranto
Horace Walpole
1800
Jiu Jiu
Tōya Tobina
2012
Key to deductions in the public school euclid and algebra, propositions I.-XXVI
Educational Publishing Co
1890
King Gab's story bag
Charles Marshall
1869
King Longbeard, or, Annals of the golden dreamland
Barrington MacGregor
1898
Kitsune no tegara
T. H. Mrs James
1888
Later tales
Hans Christian Andersen
1869
Lecture introductory to the course of medical chemistry in the Medical Department of Pennsylvania College, Philadelphia, for the session 1844-45
Washington L. Atlee, University of Pennsylvania. Department of Medicine, Pennsylvania College. Medical Department
1844
Legends and fairy tales of Ireland
P.M. Haverty
1893
Legends and tales of Ireland
Samuel Lover
1800
Legends of blood
Wayne B. Bartlett
2006
Lehrbuch der Dogmengeschichte
Heinrich Friedrich Ferdinand Schmid
1868
Lessons in hygiene
James Johonnot
1889
Little Ella and the fire king
M. W
1861