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 miscellaneous prose works of Sir Walter Scott
Walter Scott
1837
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Two dissertations. I. On the Graecian mythology. II. An examination of Sir Isaac Newton's objections to the chronology of the Olympiads
Samuel Musgrave
1782
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A glossary of North country words
John Trotter Brockett, William Edward Brockett, William Edward no2007084367 Brockett
1825
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A view of the history, literature, and religion of the Hindoos
William Ward
1815
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Polynesian mythology and ancient traditional history of the New Zealand race
George Grey Turner, George Grey, George Sir Grey
1855
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Stories from the classic literature of many nations
Bertha Palmer
1898
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The Moki snake dance
Walter Hough
1898
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Devonshire & other original poems
Elias Tozer
1873
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Primeras páginas de un libro de leyendas históricas de Venezuela
Arístides Rojas
1888
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The Harleian ms. 7334 of Chaucer's Canterbury tales
Geoffrey Chaucer, British Library. Manuscript. Harley 7334, Frederick James Furnivall
1885
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The fireside stories of Ireland
Patrick Kennedy
1870
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Fairy tales from the far North
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Jørgen Engebretsen Moe, Hans Lien Brækstad, Theodor Kittelsen, O. Sindig, Erik Theodor Werenskiold
1897
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Legends of the Pike's Peak region
Ernest Whitney, William S. Alexander, Chain & Hardy. bkp CU-BANC
1892
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Myths and songs from the South Pacific
William Wyatt Gill, William Wyatt Rev Gill, Max F Muller
1876
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Observations on popular antiquities
John Brand, Henry Ellis, Harry Houdini Collection DLC
1777
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Round the Yule Log
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
1881
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Traditions of Edinburgh
Robert Chambers
1825
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A Dissertation on the Languages, Literature and Manners of Eastern Nations
John Richardson, Jacob Bryant, Pre-1801 Imprint Collection DLC [from old catalog]
1777
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A dissertation on the mysteries of the Cabiri
George Stanley Faber
1803
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A hand-book of mythology
E. M. Berens
1800
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Fairy tales and fancies
Anna Siedenburg
1895
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Forest and Jungle or Thrilling Adventures in All Quarters of the Globe
Phineas Taylor Barnum
1896
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Oresteia
Aeschylus, Robert Potter Aeschylus, Frederick Apthrop Paley Aeschylus, Herbert Weir Smyth Aeschylus, Wilhelm Humboldt
1770
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The darker superstitions of Scotland
John Graham Sir Dalyell, John Graham Dalyell
1834