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 45, September 7, 1850
Various
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Notes and Queries, Number 47, September 21, 1850
Various
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Notes and Queries, Number 52, October 26, 1850
Various, George Bell
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Notes and Queries, Number 55, November 16, 1850
Various
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Notes and Queries, Number 57, November 30, 1850
Various
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Notes and Queries, Number 59, December 14, 1850
Various
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Notes and Queries, Number 61, December 28, 1850
Various
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Notes and Queries, Number 63, January 11, 1851
Various
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Notes and Queries, Number 65, January 25, 1851
Various
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Notes and Queries, Number 66, February 1, 1851
Various, George Bell
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Notes and Queries, Number 69, February 22, 1851
Various, George Bell
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Notes and Queries, Number 72, March 15, 1851
Various, George Bell
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Notes and Queries, Number 73, March 22, 1851
Various, George Bell
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Notes and Queries, Number 75, April 5, 1851
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Notes and Queries, Number 80, May 10, 1851
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Notes and Queries, Number 82, May 24, 1851
Various, George Bell
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Notes and Queries, Number 85, June 14, 1851
Various, George Bell
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Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 102, October 11, 1851
Various, George Bell
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Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 110, December 6, 1851
Various, George Bell
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Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 113, December 27, 1851
Various, George Bell
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Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 88, July 5, 1851
Various, George Bell
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Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 91, July 26, 1851
Various, George Bell
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Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 92, August 2, 1851
Various, George Bell
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Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 93, August 9, 1851
Various, George Bell
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