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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Teutonic Mythology: Gods and Goddesses of the Northland, Vol. 2
Viktor Rydberg, Rasmus Björn Anderson
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Teutonic Mythology: Gods and Goddesses of the Northland, Vol. 3
Viktor Rydberg, Rasmus Björn Anderson
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The 'Scots Brigade,' and other tales
James Grant
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The Adventures and Vagaries of Twm Shôn Catti
T. J. Llewelyn Prichard
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The Adventures of Ulysses the Wanderer
Guy Thorne, 751? BCE-651? BCE Homer, Will G Mein
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The Aesop for Children
621? BCE-565? BCE Aesop, Milo Winter
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The Age of Chivalry
Thomas Bulfinch
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The Andaman Islanders
Alfred Reginald Radcliffe-Brown
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The Angels of Mons: The Bowmen and Other Legends of the War
Arthur Machen
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The Anglican Friar, and the Fish which he Took by Hook and by Crook
active 19th century Novice
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The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Complete
Jonathan Scott
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The Arabian Nights Entertainments — Volume 01
Jonathan Scott
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The Arabian Nights Entertainments — Volume 02
Jonathan Scott
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The Arabian Nights Entertainments — Volume 03
Jonathan Scott
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The Arabian Nights Entertainments — Volume 04
Jonathan Scott
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The Arabian Nights, Volume I of IV
Edward Forster, Antoine Galland
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The Arabian Nights, Volume II of IV
Edward Forster, Antoine Galland
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The Arabian Nights: Their Best-known Tales
Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin, Nora Archibald Smith, Maxfield Parrish
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The Arctic Queen
Unknown
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The Asbestos Society of Sinners
Lawrence Daniel Fogg
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The Ashes of a God
Francis William Bain
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The Awakening of the Soul
Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Malik Ibn Tufayl, Paul Brönnle
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The Baby's Own Aesop
Walter Crane, 621? BCE-565? BCE Aesop, William James Linton, Edmund Evans
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The Babylonian Legends of the Creation
E. A. Wallis Budge
Date unknown