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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The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume IV
John Payne
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The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 (of 10)
Richard Francis Burton
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The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02 (of 10)
Richard Francis Burton
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The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 03 (of 10)
Richard Francis Burton
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The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 04 (of 10)
Richard Francis Burton
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The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 05 (of 10)
Richard Francis Burton
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The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 06 (of 10)
Richard Francis Burton
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The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 07 (of 10)
Richard Francis Burton
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The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 08 (of 10)
Richard Francis Burton
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The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 09 (of 10)
Richard Francis Burton
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The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 (of 10)
Richard Francis Burton
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The Boy Who Knew What the Birds Said
Padraic Colum, Dugald Stewart Walker
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The Boy's Book of Indians and the Wild West
George Alfred Williams
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The Boy's King Arthur
Thomas Malory, Sidney Lanier, Newell Convers Wyeth
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The Bridal of Pennacook
John Greenleaf Whittier
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The Bride of Huitzil—An Aztec Legend
Hervey Allen, Bernhardt Wall
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The Brother Avenged, and Other Ballads
George Borrow, Thomas James Wise
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The Brown Fairy Book
Andrew Lang, Henry Justice Ford
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The Bull Calf, and Other Tales
Arthur Burdett Frost
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The Bunsby Papers (second series): Irish Echoes
John Brougham
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The Cambrian Sketch-Book: Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales
R. Rice Davies
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The Captain of the Polestar, and Other Tales
Arthur Conan Doyle
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The Carcellini Emerald, With Other Tales
Burton Harrison
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The Cat and the Mouse: A Book of Persian Fairy Tales
Hartwell James, John John Rea Neill
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