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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Notes and Queries, Number 138, June 19, 1852
Various, George Bell
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Notes and Queries, Number 139, June 26, 1852
Various, George Bell
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Notes and Queries, Number 16, February 16, 1850
Various
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Notes and Queries, Number 166, January 1, 1853
Various, George Bell
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Notes and Queries, Number 169, January 22, 1853
Various, George Bell
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Notes and Queries, Number 17, February 23, 1850
Various
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Notes and Queries, Number 171, February 5, 1853
Various, George Bell
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Notes and Queries, Number 172, February 12, 1853
Various, George Bell
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Notes and Queries, Number 173, February 19, 1853
Various, George Bell
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Notes and Queries, Number 174, February 26, 1853
Various, George Bell
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Notes and Queries, Number 177, March 19, 1853
Various, George Bell
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Notes and Queries, Number 179, April 2, 1853.
Various, George Bell
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Notes and Queries, Number 184, May 7, 1853
Various, George Bell
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Notes and Queries, Number 186, May 21, 1853
Various, George Bell
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Notes and Queries, Number 191, June 25, 1853
Various, George Bell
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Notes and Queries, Number 192, July 2, 1853
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Notes and Queries, Number 196, July 30, 1853
Various, George Bell
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Notes and Queries, Number 198, August 13, 1853
Various, George Bell
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Notes and Queries, Number 20, March 16, 1850
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Notes and Queries, Number 201, September 3, 1853
Various, George Bell
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Notes and Queries, Number 207, October 15, 1853
Various, George Bell
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Notes and Queries, Number 210, November 5, 1853
Various, George Bell
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Notes and Queries, Number 213, November 26, 1853
Various, George Bell
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Notes and Queries, Number 217, December 24, 1853
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