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.
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- 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
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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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An Answer to Dr. Strauss' Life of Christ
Athanase Coquerel
1848
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An idyll of the Weald, with other lays and legends [and translations from various authors]
Thomas Herbert Noyes
1868
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Analytical Account of the Pancha Tantra, illustrated with Occasional Translations, Vol. II
H.H Wilson
1864
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Ancient Symbol Worship: Influence of the Phallic Idea in the Religions of Antiquity
Charles Staniland Wake Hodder Michael Westropp
1874
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Asgard and the gods, tales and traditions of our Northern ancestors, adapted from the work of W
Maria Wilhelmina Macdowall
1884
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At the Sign of the Lyre
AUSTIN. DOBSON
1885
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Ave Maria; or, Catesby's story
Francis Browning D . Bickerstaffe- Drew
1882
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Beginnings: According to the Legends and According to the Truer Story
Allen Walton Gould
1893
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Bertram Eldon
Mary Agatha Pennell
1879
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Bobbie and Birdie; or, Our Lady's picture
Frances Isabelle M . Kershaw
1882
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Creation myths of primitive America in relation to the religious history and mental development of mankind
Jeremiah Curtin
1898
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Greek mythology systematized
Sarah Amelia Scull
1880
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Hieroglyphica of Merkbeelden der oude volkeren: namentlyk Egyptenaren, Chaldeeuwen, Feniciers, Joden, Grieken, Romeynen, enz. Nevens een omstandig bericht van het verval en voortkruypende verbastering der godsdiensten door verscheyde eeuwen; en eyndelyk de hervorming, tot op deze tyden toe vervolgt. In LXIII. hoofdstukken, en zoo veele kopere print-blaaden
H Bos, Romeyn de Hooghe, Jacobus Houbraken, Jan Wandelaar, Arnoldus Henricus Westerhoff
1735Dutch
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Legends of the Punjab
R.C Temple
1885
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Old Celtic romances, translated from the Gaelic by P. W. Joyce
Patrick Weston Joyce
1879
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Pashaen med de mange fortællinger
Frederick Marryat
1868Danish
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Pieśni ludu polskiego
Oskar Kolberg
1857Polish
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Popular region and folk-lore of Northern India
W Crooke
1896
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Primitive culture, researches into the development of mythology, philosophy, religion, languages, art and customs
Edward Edward Burnett Tylor
1877
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The Ainu of Japan: The Religion, Superstitions, and General History of the Hairy Aborigines of Japan
John Batchelor
1892
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The Best Reading: Hints on the Selection of Books; on the Formation of
Frederic Beecher Perkins G.P. Putnam & Sons
1872
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The Edda songs and sagas of Iceland. A lecture delivered before the Sunday Lecture Society, St George's Hall, Langham Place on Sunday afternoon, 13th February 1876
George Browning
1876
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The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Edgar Allan Poe
1841
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The adventures of a sailor boy, by an old sailor [W. Martin]
William Martin
1862