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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Myths and Tales from the White Mountain Apache
Pliny Earle Goddard
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Myths of China and Japan
Donald Donald Alexander Mackenzie
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Myths of the Iroquois. (1883 N 02 / 1880-1881 (pages 47-116))
Erminnie Erminnie Adele Smith
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Myths of the Modocs
Jeremiah Curtin, M. A Curtin
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Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas
Hélène Adeline Guerber
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Myths of the Rhine
X.-Xavier-Boniface Saintine, Gustave Doré, Maximilian Schele de Vere
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Mârkandeya Purâna, Books VII and VIII
B. Hale Wortham
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Nala and Damayanti and Other Poems
Henry Hart Milman
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Narcissus, a Twelfe Night Merriment
Margaret L Lee
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National Epics
Kate Milner Rabb
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Negro Folk Rhymes
Thomas Washington Talley
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Negro Tales
Joseph Joseph Seamon Cotter
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Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular
Charles C. Jones
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New Zealand
Reginald Horsley, Arthur David McCormick
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Niagara: An Aboriginal Center of Trade
Peter Peter Augustus Porter
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Nicanor - Teller of Tales : A Story of Roman Britain
C. Bryson Taylor, Margaret West Kinney, Troy Kinney
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Niels Ebbesen, and Germand Gladenswayne: Two Ballads
George Borrow, Thomas James Wise
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Nights With Uncle Remus: Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation
Joel Chandler Harris
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Niobe, All Smiles: A Farcical Comedy in Three Acts
Harry Paulton, Maurice Ordonneau, Edward Edward Antonio Paulton
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No Man's Land: A History of El Camino Real
Louis Raphael Nardini
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Norse Tales and Sketches
Alexander Lange Kielland, Robert Lawson Cassie
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Norse mythology; or, The religion of our forefathers, containing all the myths of the Eddas, systematized and interpreted
Rasmus Björn Anderson
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North Cornwall Fairies and Legends
Enys Tregarthen
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Notes and Queries, Number 136, June 5, 1852
Various
Date unknown