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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Maha-bharata
Romesh Chunder Dutt
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Main Street
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Malay Magic
Walter William Skeat
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Malayan Literature: Comprising Romantic Tales, Epic Poetry and Royal Chronicles
Chauncey Chauncey Clark Starkweather
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Malvina of Brittany
Jerome Jerome Klapka Jerome
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Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand
James Cowan
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Margaret Smith's Journal, and Tales and Sketches, Complete
John Greenleaf Whittier
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Marsk Stig's Daughters, and Other Songs and Ballads
George Borrow, Thomas James Wise
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Marsk Stig: a ballad
George Borrow, Thomas James Wise
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Mary Gresley, and An Editor's Tales
Anthony Trollope
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Mary Jane Married: Tales of a Village Inn
George George Robert Sims
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Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3
Francis Francis Joseph Reynolds
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Master tales of mystery, Volume 1 (of 3)
Francis Francis Joseph Reynolds
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Master tales of mystery, Volume 2 (of 3)
Francis Francis Joseph Reynolds
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Maugis, ye sorcerer
Lord Gilhooley
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Meadow Grass: Tales of New England Life
Alice Brown
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Mearing Stones: Leaves from My Note-Book on Tramp in Donegal
Joseph Campbell
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Medical symbolism in connection with historical studies in the arts of healing and hygiene
Thomas S Sozinskey, Edward S Power
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Memorials of Human Superstition
Jean Louis de Lolme
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Merry Tales
Mark Twain, Arthur Griffin Stedman
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Mighty Mikko: A Book of Finnish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales
Parker Fillmore, Jay Van Everen
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Minor Tibetan Texts: 1. The song of the Eastern Snow-mountain
Johan van Manen
Date unknownTibetan
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Mollie Charane, and Other Ballads
George Borrow, Thomas James Wise
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Momotaro; or, Little Peachling
Anonymous
Date unknown