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
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
- 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
Auch Vampire können sich irren und andere Geschichten zum Gruseln
Mirjam Pressler, Markus Grolik
1994
Auswahl norwegischer Volksmärchen und Waldgeister-Sagen
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
1881German
Bajki
Ignacy Krasicki
1886Polish
Ball der Vampire
Charlaine Harris, Britta Mümmler
2007
Bang voor vampiers?
Paulus Stephanus Elisabeth Lambertus Maria van Loon
1992Dutch
Basme, culese din gura poporului
Dumitru Stancescu
1892Romanian
Beitrage zur geschichte des elfenreiches in sage und dichtung
W. Mushacke
1891German
Beiß mich doch!
Gunter Preuß, Marlis Scharff-Kniemeyer
1993
Bibliotheque des génies et des fees
Joseph de Laporte
1764French
Bilderbuch ohne Bilder
Hans Christian Andersen
1864German
Bitte nicht öffnen, sonst ... 3: Tierisch vampirisch!
Charlotte Habersack, Fréderic Bertrand
2025German
Blutbilder
Hendrik Blumentrath
2004German
Blutherz
Michael Wallner
2009German
Blutrote Flammen
Ramona Klein
2016German
Blutspuren
Hagen Schaub
2008German
Byli v Čelákovicích upíři?
Dana Klírová, Pavlína Mašková
2018Czech
Böhmisches Märchenbuch
Alfred Waldau
1860German
Bücher und Vampire
Eric W. Steinhauer
2016German
C'era una volta--
Luigi Capuana
1883Italian
Carmilla
Annette Rainer, Christa Töpfer, Anna Haifisch
2014Multiple languages
Carte de basme
N. D. Popescu
1892Romanian
Christiani Sigismundi Georgi[i] LL. AM. M ordinis philosophorum VVitteberg. assessoris Vindiciarum Novi Testamenti ab Ebraismis libri tres
Christian Siegmund Georgi
1732Latin
Christiani Sigismvndi GeorgI Vindiciarvm Novi Testamenti ab Ebraismis libri tres
Christian Siegismund Georgi, Thomas Gataker, Johannes Vorst, Johann Olearius
1732Ancient Greek
Chudsko-litovskīe ėlementy v Novgorodskikh pi︠a︡tinakh
G. G. Trusman
1898Russian