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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Natalis Comitis Mythologiae sive Explicationis fabvlarvm libri decem
Natale Conti, Geoffroi Linocier, Marco Antonio Tritonio
1584Latin
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Nouveaux contes bleus
Édouard Laboulaye
1868French
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St. Patrick, "his life and teachings"
Frédéric Patrice Dignan
1878
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The House of the Vampire
George Sylvester Viereck
1907
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Natalis Comitis Mythologiae, sive, Explicationis fabularum libri decem
Natale Conti, Claude Ptolémée, Henricus Institoris, Jakob Sprenger, Damião de Góis, Johann Boemus, Joachim Vadian
1494Latin
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The Algonquin legends of New England, or, Myths and folk lore of the Micmac, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot tribes
Charles Godfrey Leland
1884
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Folk-medicine
William George Black
1883
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The Georgics of Virgil translated by Thomas Neville, ..
Publius Vergilius Maro, Ovid, Salvatore Quasimodo, Jane Harriman Hall, Alexander Gordon McKay, Jacques Delille, Louis Fontanes, J. Fr. Michaud, Jean Michel Moreau, Virgil
1517
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Saints and their Symbols
E. A Greene
1881
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Cambrian superstitions, comprising ghosts, omens, witchcraft, traditions, &c
William Howells
1831
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The pearl fountain, and other fairy tales
Bridget Kavanagh, Julia Kavanagh, J. Moyr Smith
1876
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Basque legends
Wentworth Webster, Julien Vinson
1877
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Chips from a German Workshop
F. Max Müller, Christian Karl Josias Freiherr von Bunsen, Max Muller, Christian Karl Josias Bunsen
1867
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Hindu Mythology
William Joseph Wilkins
1882
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The arte of gardening
Thomas Hill
1608
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The fairy-faith in Celtic countries
Walter Yeeling Evans-Wentz
1911
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Bacchylides
Bacchylides
1898Greek
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Myths and folk-lore of Ireland
Jeremiah Curtin
1889
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Tales and popular fictions
Thomas Keightley
1834
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The House of the Seven Gables and the Snow Image and Other Twice-Told Tales
Nathaniel Hawthorne
1851
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Fairy tales
Edouard Laboulaye
1800
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Moonfolk
Jane G. Austin, Jane Jane Goodwin Austin
1874
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Aino folk-tales
Basil Hall Chamberlain, Folklore Society
1888
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Atalanta in Calydon
Algernon Charles Swinburne
1865