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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Myth and Romance: Being a Book of Verses
Madison Julius Cawein
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Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2)
Andrew Lang
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Myth, Ritual and Religion, Vol. 1 (of 2)
Andrew Lang
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Mythology in Marble
Louie M Bell
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Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate
Charles Charles Montgomery Skinner
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Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland
Jeremiah Curtin
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Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa
Frank Frank Gouldsmith Speck
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Myths and Legends of All Nations
Logan Marshall
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Myths and Legends of Ancient Egypt
Lewis Spence, Evelyn Paul
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Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome
E. M Berens
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Myths and Legends of British North America
Katharine Berry Judson
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Myths and Legends of Christmastide
Bertha F Herrick
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Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Complete
Charles Charles Montgomery Skinner
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Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Volume 01: the Hudson and its hills
Charles Charles Montgomery Skinner
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Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Volume 02 : the Isle of Manhattoes and nearby
Charles Charles Montgomery Skinner
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Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Volume 03 : on and near the Delaware
Charles Charles Montgomery Skinner
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Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Volume 04 : Tales of Puritan Land
Charles Charles Montgomery Skinner
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Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Volume 05 : Lights and shadows of the South
Charles Charles Montgomery Skinner
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Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Volume 06 : Central States and Great Lakes
Charles Charles Montgomery Skinner
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Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Volume 07 : Along the Rocky Range
Charles Charles Montgomery Skinner
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Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Volume 08 : on the Pacific Slope
Charles Charles Montgomery Skinner
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Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Volume 09 : as to buried treasure
Charles Charles Montgomery Skinner
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Myths and Legends of the Great Plains
Katharine Berry Judson
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Myths and Legends of the Mississippi Valley and the Great Lakes
Katharine Berry Judson
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