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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The Laird o' Coul's Ghost
William Ogilvie
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The Laird's Luck and Other Fireside Tales
Arthur Quiller-Couch
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The Lake of Lucerne
Joseph Joseph Ernest Morris
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The Land Beyond the Forest: Facts, Figures, and Fancies from Transylvania
Emily Gerard
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The Land of Look Behind
Paul Cameron Brown
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The Last Galley; Impressions and Tales
Arthur Conan Doyle
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The Last Lion, and Other Tales
Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Mariano Joaquín Lorente
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The Last Tournament
Alfred Tennyson Tennyson
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The Last of the Legions and Other Tales of Long Ago
Arthur Conan Doyle
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The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran
Robert Alexander Stewart Macalister
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The Laughing Prince: Jugoslav Folk and Fairy Tales
Parker Fillmore, Jay Van Everen
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The Laughter of Peterkin: A retelling of old tales of the Celtic Wonderworld
William Sharp, Sunderland Rollinson
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The Lay of Havelok the Dane
Frederic Madden, Walter Walter William Skeat
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The Lay of the Nibelung Men
Arthur Arthur Sanders Way
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The Legend of Dah-nol-yo, Squaw Rock
Helen McCowen Carpenter
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The Legend of Kupirri, or, The Red Kangaroo
William Alexander Cawthorne
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The Legend of Monte della Sibilla; or, Le paradis de la reine Sibille
Clive Bell, Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant
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The Legend of Sir Lancelot du Lac
Jessie Jessie Laidlay Weston
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The Legend of Sister Beatrix
Charles Nodier, Michael Wooff
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The Legend of the Bleeding-heart
Annie Annie Fellows Johnston
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The Legend of the Lincoln Imp
H. J Kesson
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The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby
John Roby, Elizabeth Ryland Dent Trestrall
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The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights
James Knowles, Thomas Malory, Lancelot Speed
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The Legends of Saint Patrick
Aubrey De Vere, Henry Morley
Date unknown