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 Evil Guest
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
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The Example of Vertu
Stephen Hawes
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The Expedition to Birting's Land, and Other Ballads
George Borrow, Thomas James Wise
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The Exploits of Juve
Pierre Souvestre, Marcel Allain
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The Faa's revenge, and other tales
John Mackay Wilson, Various
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The Fables of Phædrus
Phaedrus, Henry Henry Thomas Riley, Christopher Smart
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The Faery Tales of Weir
Anna McClure Sholl
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The Fairy Changeling and Other Poems
Dora Sigerson Shorter
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The Fairy Godmother-in-law
Oliver Herford
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The Fairy Ring
Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin, Nora Archibald Smith, Elizabeth MacKinstry
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The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries
Walter Yeeling Evans-Wentz
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The Fall of the Nibelungs
Margaret Armour
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The Faust-Legend and Goethe's 'Faust'
Henry Bernard Cotterill
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The Fir-Tree Fairy Book: Favorite Fairy Tales
Clifton Johnson, Alexander Popini
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The Firelight Fairy Book
Henry Beston
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The Fireside Picture Alphabet
John Andrew
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The First Book of Adam and Eve
Rutherford Hayes Platt
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The First Christmas Tree: A Story of the Forest
Henry Van Dyke
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The Fisher-Boy Urashima
Basil Hall Chamberlain, Eitaku
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The Forest Beyond the Woodlands: A Fairy Tale
Mildred Kennedy, Vianna Knowlton
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The Forest Farm: Tales of the Austrian Tyrol
Peter Rosegger, Maude Egerton King, Julius Petersen
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The Forest of Vazon
Anonymous
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The Fountain of Maribo, and Other Ballads
George Borrow, Thomas James Wise
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The Four Seasons
Carl Ewald, Osman Edwards, Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
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