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
- Read free
La Mere Bauche
Anthony Trollope
Date unknown
- Read free
La Ronge Journal, 1823
George Nelson
Date unknown
- Read free
Labrador Days
Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
Date unknown
- Read free
Lady Barbarina, The Siege of London, An International Episode, and Other Tales
Henry James
Date unknown
- Read free
Lancelot of the Laik: A Scottish Metrical Romance (About 1490-1500 A. D.)
Walter Walter William Skeat
Date unknown
- Read free
Lays and Legends (Second Series)
Edith Nesbit
Date unknown
- Read free
Leda
Aldous Huxley
Date unknown
- Read free
Legend
Clemence Dane
Date unknown
- Read free
Legend Land, Vol. 1
G. Basil Barham
Date unknown
- Read free
Legend Land, Vol. 2
G. Basil Barham
Date unknown
- Read free
Legend Land, Vol. 3
G. Basil Barham
Date unknown
- Read free
Legend Land, Vol. 4
G. Basil Barham
Date unknown
- Read free
Legend of Barkhamsted Light House
Lewis Sprague Mills
Date unknown
- Read free
Legend of Moulin Huet
Lizzie A Freeth
Date unknown
- Read free
Legendary & romantic tales of Indian history
Hobart Caunter
Date unknown
- Read free
Legendary Heroes of Ireland
Harold F Hughes
Date unknown
- Read free
Legendary Islands of the Atlantic: A Study of Medieval Geography
William Henry Babcock
Date unknown
- Read free
Legendary Tales of the Highlands (Volume 1 of 3)
Thomas Dick Lauder
Date unknown
- Read free
Legendary Tales of the Highlands (Volume 2 of 3)
Thomas Dick Lauder
Date unknown
- Read free
Legendary Tales of the Highlands (Volume 3 of 3)
Thomas Dick Lauder
Date unknown
- Read free
Legendes et récits pour la jeunesse
Madame de Witt née Guizot, Madame de Witt
1876French
- Read free
Legends & Romances of Brittany
Lewis Spence, Otway McCannell
Date unknown
- Read free
Legends & Romances of Spain
Lewis Spence, Otway McCannell
Date unknown
- Read free
Legends That Every Child Should Know; a Selection of the Great Legends of All Times for Young People
Hamilton Wright Mabie
Date unknown