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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First Project Gutenberg Collection of Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe
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Fishes, Flowers, & Fire as Elements and Deities in the Phallic Faiths & Worship of the Ancient Religions of Greece, Babylon, Rome, India, &c.
Anonymous
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Five Plays
Lord Dunsany
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Five Tales
John Galsworthy
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Flemish Legends
Charles de Coster, Albert Delstanche, Harold Taylor
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Flowering Evil
Margaret Clair
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Flute and Violin, and Other Kentucky Tales and Romances
James Lane Allen
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Folk Lore Notes. Vol. II—Konkan
Arthur Mason Tippetts Jackson, Reginald Edward Enthoven
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Folk Lore Notes. Vol. I—Gujarat
Arthur Mason Tippetts Jackson, Reginald Edward Enthoven
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Folk Tales Every Child Should Know
Hamilton Wright Mabie
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Folk Tales from the Russian
Verra Xenophontovna Kalamatiano de Blumenthal, Lucy Fitch Perkins
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Folk Tales of Breffny
Bampton Hunt
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Folk tales from Tibet
William Frederick Travers O'Connor
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Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat
Charles Augustus Kincaid, M. de Montagu de Pomeroy Webb
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Folk-Lore and Legends: English
Charles John Tibbitts
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Folk-Lore and Legends: North American Indian
Anonymous
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Folk-Lore and Legends: Oriental
Charles John Tibbitts
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Folk-Lore and Legends: Russian and Polish
Charles John Tibbitts
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Folk-Lore and Legends: Scandinavian
Charles John Tibbitts
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Folk-Lore and Legends: Scotland
Anonymous
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Folk-Lore of West and Mid-Wales
Jonathan Ceredig Davies, Alice Amherst
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Folk-Tales of Napoleon
Aleksandr Amfiteatrov, Honoré de Balzac, George Kennan
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Folk-Tales of the Khasis
Mrs Rafy
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Folk-lore and Legends: German
Anonymous
Date unknown