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
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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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Strange survivals : some chapters in the history of man
Sabine Baring-Gould
1892
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The Phantom of the Opera
Gaston Leroux
1910
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Twice-Told Tales
Nathaniel Hawthorne
1800
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Dealings with the Fairies
George MacDonald, Edward Dalziel, George Dalziel, Arthur Hughes
1867
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Metrical legends of Northumberland
James Service
1834
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Monumens de la mythologie et de la poesie des Celtes et particulierement des anciens Scandinaves
Paul Henri Mallet, Odvardt Helmoldt De Lode, Mallet, Paul Henri, 1730-1807. Introduction à l'histoire de Dannemarc, ou l'on traite de la religion, des loix, des moeurs & des usages des anciens Danois, Claude Philibert
1756French
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Polymetis: or, An enquiry concerning the agreement between the works of the Roman poets, and the remains of the antient artists
Joseph Spence
1747
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Totem-post from the Haida village of Masset ; Two British Columbian house-posts with totemic carvings ; Remarks on totemism
Edward Burnett Sir Tylor, Edward B. Tylor, Edward Edward Burnett Tylor
1898
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Anecdotes and traditions
William John Thoms, John Aubrey Nicholas L 'Estrange, John Aubrey, John Collet, Nicholas L'Estrange
1839
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The Odyssey
Derek Walcott, Όμηρος, Charles Wesley Bain, Homer, 751? BCE-651? BCE Homer, Mary Ann Dwight, Robert Southey, William Cowper, Alexander Pope, Pre-1801 Imprint Collection DLC, Gilbert Wakefield, Samuel Henry Butcher, Andrew Lang, John Adams, Samuel Clarke, John Adams Library BRL, John Knapton, Paul Knapton, Johann August Ernesti, Friedrich August Wolf
1488
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The sacred mountains
Joel Tyler Headley, Charles Scribner, Charles Kennedy Burt, Augustus Wall Callcott, Joseph Mallord William Turner, James Duffield Harding, W. H. Bartlett, George Balmer, Benjamin Bradley, Baker & Scribner
1847
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Croyances et légendes de l'Antiquité
L.-F.-Alfred Maury, Alfred Maury
1863French
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The other world
Frederick George Lee
1875
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Zauberpflanzen und Amulette
Ernst Moritz Kronfeld
1898German
Abominable science!
Daniel Loxton, Donald R. Prothero, Daniel, Donald R, Michael Shermer
2013
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Aglaophamus
Christian A. Lobeck
1829Ancient Greek
Mysterious Creatures
George M. Eberhart, George M. Eberhαrt
2002
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St. Patrick's purgatory
Thomas Wright
1842
Sur la piste des bêtes ignorées
Bernard Heuvelmans
1955
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The King in Yellow
Robert W. Chambers, Robert Robert William Chambers
1895
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Northanger Abbey
Jane Austen, K. M. Metcalfe, H. Mayer, Elizabeth Bishop, Henry Thomas Austen, John Murray, Charles Roworth
1818
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Sagas from the Far East, or, Kalmouk and Mongolian traditionary tales. With historical pref. and explanatory notes by the author of "Patrañas," "Household stories from the Land of Hofer," &c. [i.e. R.H. Busk]
Rachel Harriette Busk, Ardschi Bordschi, Siddhi-kür
1873
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The British, Roman, and Saxon antiquities and folklore of Worcestershire
Jabez Allies
1856
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A discourse on the religion of the Indian tribes of North America
Samuel Farmer Jarvis, John Adams, Samuel Samuel Farmar Jarvis, John Adams Library BRL, New-York Historical Society
1820