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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Pictures of Hellas: Five Tales of Ancient Greece
Peder Mariager, Mary Mary Joanna Safford
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Pierre and His People: Tales of the Far North. Complete
Gilbert Parker
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Pierre and His People: Tales of the Far North. Volume 1.
Gilbert Parker
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Pierre and His People: Tales of the Far North. Volume 2.
Gilbert Parker
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Pierre and His People: Tales of the Far North. Volume 3.
Gilbert Parker
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Pierre and His People: Tales of the Far North. Volume 4.
Gilbert Parker
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Pierre and His People: Tales of the Far North. Volume 5.
Gilbert Parker
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Pike & Cutlass: Hero Tales of Our Navy
George Gibbs
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Pilgrim Sorrow: A Cycle of Tales
Carmen Sylva, Helen Zimmern
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Pillar of Fire
Ray Bradbury, Donel
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Pirate tales from the law
Arthur Arthur Merton Harris, George Avison
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Plain Tales of the North
Thierry Mallet
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Plays of Gods and Men
Lord Dunsany
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Plays of Near & Far
Lord Dunsany
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Plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone
496? BCE-407 BCE Sophocles, Francis Storr
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Plutarch's Romane Questions
46-120? Plutarch, Frank Byron Jevons, Philemon Holland
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Poems
Cushag
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Poems and Tales from Romania
Simona Sumanaru, Michael Hart
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Poems from Eastern Sources: The Steadfast Prince; and Other Poems
Richard Chenevix Trench
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Poker Jim, Gentleman, and Other Tales and Sketches
G. Frank Lydston
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Polish Fairy Tales
Antoni Józef Gliński, Cecile Walton, Maude Ashurst Biggs
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Pomo Bear Doctors
Samuel Alfred Barrett
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Popular Adventure Tales
Mayne Reid
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Popular British Ballads, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 1 (of 4)
R. Brimley Johnson, W. Cubitt Cooke
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