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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Montezuma's Castle, and Other Weird Tales
Charles Charles Barney Cory
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Montezuma: An Epic on the Origin and Fate of the Aztec Nation
Hiram Hoyt Richmond
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Moonshine & Clover
Laurence Housman, Clemence Housman
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Moores Fables for the Female Sex
Edward Moore, Henry Brooke
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Moorish Literature
René Basset
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Mordred and Hildebrand: A Book of Tragedies
Wilfred Campbell
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More Fables
George Ade
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More Jataka Tales
Ellen C Babbitt, Ellsworth Young
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More Russian Picture Tales
Valerian Viliamovich Karrik, Nevill Forbes
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More Tales by Polish Authors
Else Else Cecilia Mendelssohn Benecke, Bolesław Prus, Władysław Stanisław Reymont, Wacław Sieroszewski, Adam Szymański, Stefan Żeromski, Marie Busch
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More Tales of the Ridings
Frederic William Moorman
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Mortal Summer
Mark Van Doren
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Mother Goose in Gridiron Rhyme: A collection of alphabets, rhymes, tales and jingles
Gridiron Club
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Mother's Nursery Tales
Katharine Pyle
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Mr. Faust
Arthur Davison Ficke
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Mrs. Hallam's companion; and The Spring Farm, and other tales
Mary Jane Holmes
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Mrs. Leary's Cow: A Legend of Chicago
Charles Cole Hine
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Murder mask
Edgar Daniel Kramer, Margaret Brundage
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My Book of Favourite Fairy Tales
Edric Vredenburg, Jennie Harbour
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My Fire Opal, and Other Tales
Sarah Warner Brooks
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My Miscellanies, Vol. 2 (of 2)
Wilkie Collins
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My Young Alcides: A Faded Photograph
Charlotte Charlotte Mary Yonge
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Myra's Well: A Tale of All-Hallow-E'en
George Francis Dawson
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Mysteries of the Rosie Cross
Anonymous
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