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 enchantment of the Trossachs
Louis Stott
1992
The entertaining tales of the fairies
Marie-Catherine Le Jumelle de Berneville comtesse d'Aulnoy, Henriette Julie de Castelnau comtesse de Murat, Louise de Bossigny comtesse d' Auneuil
1775
The facetious nights of Straparola
Giovanni Francesco Straparola
1897
The fairy family
Archibald Maclaren, Edward Coley Burne-Jones
1857
The fairy horn
S. Theyre-Smith
1880
The fairy ring
Wilhelm Grimm, Jacob Grimm, John Edward Taylor, George Dalziel
1846
The fairy tales of Madame d'Aulnoy
Marie-Catherine Le Jumelle de Berneville comtesse d'Aulnoy
1892
The falconer
Elizabeth May
2013
The fantastic vampire
James Craig Holte
2002
The fire of the altar, or, Certain directions how to raise the soul into holy flames
Anthony Horneck
1683
The fire of the altar, or, Certain directions how to raise the soul into holy flames, before, at, and after, the receiving the blessed sacrament of the Lord's supper
Anthony Horneck
1690
The first principles of geology
Wm. J Barbee
1868
The first six books of the elements of Euclid
Dionysius Lardner
1828
The flowers of remembrance and forgetfulness
T. H. Mrs James
1889
The giant
Elizabeth Missing Sewell, William Sewell
1871
The giant and the dwarf, or, Strength and reason
Alfred Crowquill
1857
The golden bird
Wilhelm Grimm, Ella Boldey
1890
The golden goose and The three bears
L. Leslie Brooke
1890
The golden stairs
Arthur Edward Waite
1893
The heart of oak books
Charles Eliot Norton
1895
The history of Jack and the giant-killer
Andrew Lang
1890
The history of Mother Twaddle and the marvellous atchievements [sic] of her son Jack
A. C. H
1809
The history of Mother Twaddle and the marvellous atchievements [sic] of her son Jack
H.A.C
1809
The history of the tales of the fairies
Marie-Catherine Le Jumelle de Berneville comtesse d'Aulnoy
1749