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.
Membership means relevance, not endorsement.
- 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 Whale House of the Chilkat
George Thornton Emmons
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The White Chief: A Legend of Northern Mexico
Mayne Reid, L Evans
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The White Elephant, and Other Tales From India
Georgene Faulkner, Frederick Richardson
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The White Feather Hex
Don Peterson
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The White Sail, and Other Poems
Louise Imogen Guiney
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The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales
Arthur Quiller-Couch
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The Wind Among the Reeds
William Butler Yeats
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The Wind Bloweth
Donn Byrne, George Bellows
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The Wine-ghosts of Bremen
Wilhelm Hauff, Frank M Gregory
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The Wives of the Dead
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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The Wolves of God, and Other Fey Stories
Algernon Blackwood, Wilfred Wilson
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The Wonder Book of Bible Stories
Logan Marshall
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The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 5
Edgar Allan Poe
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The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition
Edgar Allan Poe
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The Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01
of Samosata Lucian, Francis George Fowler, Henry Watson Fowler
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The Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02
of Samosata Lucian, Francis George Fowler, Henry Watson Fowler
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The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 03
Robert Louis Stevenson
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The Works of Sir Thomas Browne, Volume 2
Thomas Browne, Charles Sayle
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The World English Bible (WEB): Daniel
Anonymous
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The World English Bible (WEB): Esther
Anonymous
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The World English Bible (WEB): Genesis
Anonymous
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The World English Bible (WEB): Jonah
Anonymous
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The World of Romance
William Morris
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The Yoga-Vasishtha Maharamayana of Valmiki, Vol. 2 (of 4), Part 2 (of 2)
Valmiki, Viharilala Mitra
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