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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Hephæstus
Edmund Edward Fournier d'Albe
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Herakles, the Hero of Thebes, and Other Heroes of the Myth
Mary Mary Elizabeth Burt, Zénaïde Zénaïde Alexeïevna Ragozin
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Hero Tales
James Baldwin
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Hero Tales from American History
Henry Cabot Lodge, Theodore Roosevelt
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Hero Tales from History
Smith Burnham
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Hero Tales of the Far North
Jacob Jacob August Riis
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Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race
Maud Isabel Ebbutt
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Heroes Every Child Should Know
Hamilton Wright Mabie, Kate Stephens
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Heroic Romances of Ireland, Translated into English Prose and Verse — Complete
Arthur Herbert Leahy
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Heroic Romances of Ireland, Translated into English Prose and Verse — Volume 1
Arthur Herbert Leahy
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Heroic Romances of Ireland, Translated into English Prose and Verse — Volume 2
Arthur Herbert Leahy
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Heroines That Every Child Should Know
Hamilton Wright Mabie, Kate Stephens, Blanche Ostertag
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Hieroglyphic Tales
Horace Walpole
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Highways and Byways in the Border
Andrew Lang, John Lang, Hugh Thomson
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Hills and the Sea
Hilaire Belloc
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Hindu Tales from the Sanskrit
N D'Anvers, Siddha Mohana Mitra
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Hindu gods and heroes
Lionel Lionel David Barnett
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Hindu literature : Comprising The Book of good counsels, Nala and Damayanti, The Ramayana, and Sakoontala
Epiphanius Wilson, Toru Dutt, Kālidāsa, Valmiki, Edwin Arnold, Ralph Ralph Thomas Hotchkin Griffith, Monier Monier-Williams
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Hippolytus; The Bacchae
481? BCE-407 BCE Euripides, Gilbert Murray
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Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern
Edgar Saltus
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Historic Adventures: Tales from American History
Rupert Sargent Holland
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Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 01 (of 15), American (1)
Charles Morris
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Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 02 (of 15), American (2)
Charles Morris
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Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 04 (of 15), English
Charles Morris
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