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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The tragedies of Sophocles
Sophocles, R Potter, Robert Bliss, William Baxter, C. and J. Rivington F., Hurst Longman, George Adams, author Sophocles
1729
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Volksglaube und religiöser Brauch der Magyaren
Heinrich von Wlislocki
1893German
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Sagenbuch der bayerischen Lande: Aus dem Munde des Volkes, der Chronik und der Dichter
Alexander Schöppner
1852German
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The Kathá Sarit Ságara; or, Ocean of the Streams of Story
active 11th century Somadeva Bhatta, Charles Henry Tawney, Somadeva Bhaṭṭa, active 11th century|* Somadeva Bhaṭṭa, 11th cent Somadeva Bhatta
1880
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Vorl©Þufige Darstellung des heutigen Jesuitismus, der Rosenkreuzerey, Proselytenmacherey und Religionsvereinigung
Hieronim Zahorowski, Hieronim. n 85005937 Zahorowski, Harold Jantz Collection NcD
1786German
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Folk-stories of the northern border
Frank D. Rogers, Making of America Project
1897
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Legends and stories of Ireland (first series)
Samuel Lover
1831
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Swahili tales
Edward bp Steere, Edward Steere, Alice Werner
1870
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The pot of gold,and other stories
Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
1892
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The water-babies: a fairy tale for a land-baby
Charles Kingsley, Warwick Goble, Linley Sambourne, Jessie Willcox Smith
1863
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Argonautica
Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Gauthier Liberman, Valerius Flaccus
1503Latin
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Australian legendary tales
K. Langloh Parker
1896
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Pantschatantra
Theodor Benfey, William Dean Howells
1859German
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Die sagen und Geschichten des Rheinlandes
Karl Geib
1836German
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Illustrations of masonry
William Preston, George Oliver
1772
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Märchen und Sagen der nordamerikanischen Indianer
Karl Knortz
1871German
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The Lower St. Lawrence, or, Quebec to Halifax via Gaspé and Pictou
George Thomas Cary, James MacPherson Le Moine, Nicholas Augustus Woods
1862
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Gems, selected from the antique, with illustrations
John Murray, Charles Whittingham, Richard Dagley, Richard] d 1841. [from old catalog] [Dagley
1804
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New-England legends
Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford
1871
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The Ellesmere MS. of Chaucer's Canterbury tales
Geoffrey Chaucer
1868
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Christus: A Mystery
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
1872
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Letters on the truths contained in popular superstitions
Herbert Mayo, Harry Houdini Collection DLC
1849NOT
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Litauische Volkslieder und Märchen aus dem preussischen und dem russischen Litauen
August Leskien, Karl Brugmann
1882German
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Notices of fugitive tracts
James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps
1849