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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Chronicle and Romance: Froissart, Malory, Holinshed
Jean Froissart, John Bourchier Berners, William Harrison, Thomas Malory, William Caxton, George Campbell Macaulay
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Cinderella
Henry W Hewet, William H. Thwaites
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Cinderella in the South: Twenty-Five South African Tales
Arthur Shearly Cripps
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Circe
Isaac Flagg, Bernard R Maybeck
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Circular Saws
Humbert Wolfe
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Civilization: Tales of the Orient
Ellen Ellen Newbold La Motte
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Classical Enigmas, Adapted to Every Month in the Year
Mrs. Ritson
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Colin
Edward Frederic Benson
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Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales
Guy de Maupassant
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Commentary on the Maya Manuscript in the Royal Public Library of Dresden
Ernst Wilhelm Förstemann, Alberta M. Parker, Selma Wesselhoeft
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Comparative Studies in Nursery Rhymes
Lina Eckenstein
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Contes et légendes. 1re Partie
Hélène Adeline Guerber
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Cornish Saints & Sinners
J. Henry Harris, Leonard Raven-Hill
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Crusoe in New York, and other tales
Edward Everett Hale
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Crystal River Saga: Lore of the Colorado Rockies
Theresa V Francis, William Lamartine Francis
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Cuban Folk-Lore
L. Roy Terwilliger
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Cuchulain, the Hound of Ulster
Eleanor Hull, Stephen Reid
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Cunnie Rabbit, Mr. Spider and the Other Beef: West African Folk Tales
Florence M Cronise, Henry W Ward, Gerald Sichel
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Cupology: How to Be Entertaining
Clara
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Curiosities of Music: A Collection of Facts not generally known, regarding the Music of Ancient and Savage Nations
Louis Charles Elson
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Curious Facts in the History of Insects; Including Spiders and Scorpions.
Frank Cowan
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Curious, if True
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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Czech Folk Tales
Josef Baudiš
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Daddy Do-Funny's Wisdom Jingles
Ruth McEnery Stuart, George Henry Clements
Date unknown