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.
Membership means relevance, not endorsement.
- 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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Gebir, and Count Julian
Walter Savage Landor
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Georgie's Present, or, Tales of Newfoundland
Cecilia Lucy Brightwell
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German wit and humor
Minna Sophie Marie Baumann Downes
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Ghost Stories of an Antiquary Part 2: More Ghost Stories
Montague Rhodes James
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Ghosts and Family Legends: A Volume for Christmas
Catherine Crowe
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Ghosts in the Great War, and true tales of haunted houses
S. Louis Giraud
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Gleaner Tales
Robert Sellar
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Gleanings from Chinese folklore
Nellie Naomi Russell, Luella Miner, Mary Harriet Porter, Sarah Clapp Goodrich, Charles Frederic Goss
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Gods of the North
Robert Robert Ervin Howard
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Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales
Robt. Robert Love Taylor
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Graf von Loeben and the Legend of Lorelei
Allen Wilson Porterfield
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Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXVII, No. 5, November 1850
Various, George R Graham
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Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5
Charles Charles Francis Horne
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Greece
James Alexander M'Clymont, John Fulleylove
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Greece and Babylon
Lewis Richard Farnell
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Greek Lands and Letters
Francis Greenleaf Allinson, Anne Anne Crosby Emery Allinson
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Greek Tragedy in the Light of Vase Paintings
John John Homer Huddilston
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Greek tragedy
Gilbert Norwood
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Greek wayfarers, and other poems
Edwina Stanton Babcock
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Green Fire: A Romance
William Sharp
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Grettir the Outlaw: A Story of Iceland
Sabine Baring-Gould, M. Zeno Diemer
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Grim Tales
Edith Nesbit
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Grimhild's Vengeance: Three Ballads
George Borrow, Edmund Gosse, Thomas James Wise
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Grimm Tales Made Gay
Guy Wetmore Carryl, Albert Levering
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