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
- Read free
Old church lore
William Andrews
1891
- Read free
Omens and superstitions of southern India
Edgar Thurston
1912
- Read free
Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-tales
George Bird Grinnell, John Brown Dunbar
1889
- Read free
Pepper & Salt or Seasoning for Young Folk
Howard Pyle
1885
- Read free
Postola sögur: Legendariske fortællinger om apostlernes liv, deres kamp for kristendommens ..
Carl Rikard Unger
1874Danish
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Scatalogic Rites of all Nations
John Gregory Bourke
1891
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Some Chinese ghosts
Lafcadio Hearn
1887
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The Alhambra
Washington Irving, Elizabeth Robins Pennell, Joseph Pennell
1800
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The Celtic twilight
William Butler Yeats
1893
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The Evolution of the Dragon
Grafton Elliot Smith
1919
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The White People
Frances Hodgson Burnett
1917
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The book of the dead
E. A. Wallis Budge, David Lorimer, Foy Scalf, Paul Mirecki
1894
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The hero of Esthonia and other studies in the romantic literature of that country
William Forsell Kirby
1895
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The magic of jewels and charms
George Frederick Kunz
1915
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The secret commonwealth of elves, fauns, and fairies
Robert Kirk
1893
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The were-wolf
Clemence Housman, Laurence Housman
1895
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Ulster Folklore
Elizabeth Andrews
1913
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Witchcraft & second sight in the Highlands & islands of Scotland
John Gregorson Campbell
1902
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Legends of le Détroit
Marie Caroline Watson Hamlin, James James Valentine Campbell
1884
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The calumet of the Coteau, and other poetical legends of the border
Philetus W. Norris, Philetus Philetus Walter Norris
1883
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Biblische legenden der muselmänner
Gustav Weil
1845German
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Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme
John Aubrey, James Britten
1881
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Sod, the Mysteries of Adoni (Secret Doctrine Reference Series)
Samuel Fales Dunlap
1861
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Unique traditions chiefly of the west and south of Scotland
John Gordon Barbour, John Gordon. [from old catalog] Barbour
1886