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
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 Family Herald 5th January 1861
Benjamin Blake
1861
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The Family Herald 5th May 1860
Benjamin Blake
1860
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The Family Herald 6th April 1861
Benjamin Blake
1861
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The Family Herald 6th October 1860
Benjamin Blake
1860
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The Family Herald 7th July 1860
Benjamin Blake
1860
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The Family Herald 8th December 1860
Benjamin Blake
1860
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The Family Herald 8th September 1860
Benjamin Blake
1860
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The Family Herald 9th February 1861
Benjamin Blake
1861
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The Family Herald 9th June 1860
Benjamin Blake
1860
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The Family Herald 9th March 1861
Benjamin Blake
1861
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The Infernal Marriage
Benjamin Disraeli
Date unknown
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The Pantheon, representing the fabulous histories of the heathen gods, and most illustrious heroes; in a plain, and familiar method, by way of dialogue
François Pomey, Andrew Tooke
1803
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The dragon, image, and demon
Hampden C DuBose
1886
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The language of flowers, with illustrative poetry; to which are now added the calendar of flowers and the dial of flowers
Frederic Shoberl
1840
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Volksthümliches aus Schwaben
Anton Birlinger
1861German
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Achtzehnter Jahresbericht des k. k. Staats-Obergymnasiums in Krumau, veröffentlicht am Schlusse des Schuljahres 1890-91
Johann Josef Ammann
1891German
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Celtic mythology and religion, with chapters upon Druid circles and Celtic burial
Alexander Macbain, William J. Watson, Tarl Warwick
1885
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Die Legende des Baalschem
Martin Buber
1656German
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Ḥikāyāt-i nādirah
Blacker-Wood Library of Zoology and Ornithology. Manuscript. Ivanow 23, Kidār Nat'h, transcriber
1269Persian
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In the fire
Walter Crane, Euphemia Johnson Richmond
1892
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Mythology And Rites Of British Druids By Edward Davies ( 1809)
Edward Davies
1809
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Myths & legends of our own land
J.B. Lippincott Company. pbl, J.B. Lippincott Company. prt, Charles Charles Montgomery Skinner
1896
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Sanct Alexius leben in acht gereimten mittelhochdeutschen Behandlungen
Konrad Hans Ferdinand Massmann
1843German
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The Looking-Glass for the mind; or, intellectual mirror: Being an elegant collection of the most delightful little stories and interesting tales chiefly translated from that much admired work L'AIM DES ENFANS. With analysis and close translation in Tamil, serving to show the nature and construction of sentences
author T. Vytheanatha Moodeliar
1838