Tradition 34 of 35
Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends
Mythic systems, traditional folklore, sacred and supernatural legends, fairy tales, and documented folk beliefs that preserve or contextualize magical, spiritual, anomalous, and otherworldly traditions.
Membership means relevance, not endorsement.
- Books
- 20,091
- Earliest
- 1000
- to 2026
- Read free
- 72%
- 14,383 with public full text
- With covers
- 72%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match17,236
- Metadata match585
- Query match2,265
- Source classification (retained through merging)5
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
- Folklore3.6K
- Legends2.1K
- Fairy tales1.8K
- Tales1.5K
- Fiction1.4K
- History1.1K
- Mythology840
- Early works to 1800760
- Poetry694
- Juvenile fiction684
- Translations into English635
- Social life and customs617
- History and criticism530
- Drama509
- Juvenile literature491
- Religion485
- Greek Mythology475
- Superstition473
- Classical Mythology437
- Short Stories350
- Indians of North America341
- Children's stories334
- Horror tales293
- Biography292
Top languages
- English8,343 · 42%
- German4,162 · 21%
- French1,648 · 8%
- Latin836 · 4%
- NOT738 · 4%
Notable authors
All authors- ca. v6. Jh Aesopus135 books
- Hans Christian Andersen102 in this tradition103 books
- Andrew Lang70 in this tradition83 books
- Charles Perrault66 in this tradition76 books
- Nathaniel Hawthorne64 in this tradition74 books
- ca. 1. Jh Phaedrus58 books
- Euripides56 in this tradition59 books
- Jacob Grimm55 books
- Benjamin Blake52 books
- Edgar Allan Poe51 in this tradition63 books
- Jean de La Fontaine50 in this tradition56 books
- Wilhelm Grimm50 in this tradition53 books
20,091 books
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The owl king and other fairy stories
Herbert Inman, Herbert Escott Inman
1898
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The tragedies of Maddalen, Agamemnon, Lady Macbeth, Antonia and Clytemnestra
John Galt
1812
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The true origin, object, and organization of the Christian religion
Dupuis, Charles Southwell
1840
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Thousand and one nights, or, Arabian nights' entertainments
Edward William Lane
1855
- Read free
'Alla giornata'; or, To the day [by lady C.S.M. Bury]
Charlotte Susan M . Bury
1826
- Read free
A Catalogue of Books in the Library
Rio de Janeiro. British Subscription Library
1864
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A Chronological Index to Historical Fiction: Including Prose Fiction, Plays
Boston Public Library Boston Public Library
1875
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A Hand-book of Mythology: Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome
E. M. Berens
1894
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A Handbook of Christian Symbols and Stories of the Saints as Illustrated in Art
Clara Erskine Clement Waters
1886
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A Primary Reader: Old-time Stories, Fairy Tales and Myths, Retold by Children
Emma Louise Smythe
1896
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A Second Series of the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, Including Their Religion
John Gardner Wilkinson
1841
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A Second Series of the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians: Including Their Religion
Sir John Gardner Wilkinson Gardner Wilkinson
1841
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A Selection from the Norse Tales for the Use of Children
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen George Webbe Dasent
1862
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A Vindication of the Scottish Covenanters: Consisting of a Review of the First Series of the
Thomas M'Crie
1843
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A collection of Kachari folk-tales and rhymes, intended as a supplement to reverend S. Endl eʼs Kachari grammar
J.D Anderson
1895
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A day in Nismes
Beata Elizabeth Macaulay
1855
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A manual of rhetoric, with exercises for the improvement of style or diction, &c
Benjamin Humphrey Smart
1848
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A review of the 'Vie de Jésus' of m. Renan
Joseph Ernest Renan John Brown Paton
1864
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A series of tales for children, tr. from the Germ. by R.C. Hales
Johann Christoph von Schmid
1859
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A winter in the East, in letters to the children at home, by F.M
East F. M
1866
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Across the Border: Or Pathan and Biloch
Edward Emmerson Oliver
1890
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Aftermath [verse.]
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
1873
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Agnes Wilmott's history, and the lessons it taught
Mary Agatha Pennell
1882
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Allah-akbar. God is great, an Arab legend, from the Spanish by M. Monteiro
Allâh-akbar
1878