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 house with the silver door
Eva March Tappan, Emily Hall Chamberlain
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The humour of Ireland
David James O'Donoghue, Oliver Paque
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The huntress
Richard Rein Smith, Mel Hunter
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The hyena
Robert Robert Ervin Howard, Hugh Rankin
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The interpretation of dreams and moles, with other curious matters, relating to love and courtship
Anonymous
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The last test
Adolphe Danziger, Howard Phillips Lovecraft, Hugh Rankin
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The legend of Perseus, Volume 1 (of 3)
Edwin Sidney Hartland
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The legend of Perseus, Volume 2 (of 3)
Edwin Sidney Hartland
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The legend of Perseus, Volume 3 (of 3)
Edwin Sidney Hartland
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The legend of the blemished king, and other poems
James Henry Cousins, Louis H Victory
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The life-eater
Harold Ward, Margaret Brundage, Vincent Napoli
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The life-masters
Edmond Hamilton, Hugh Rankin
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The literature of the Celts
Magnus Maclean
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The luck of the bean-rows, a fairy tale
Charles Nodier, Claud Lovat Fraser
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The man elephant
Hartwell James, John John Rea Neill
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The man who was pale
Jack Sharkey, Leo Summers
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The mark of the monster
Jack Williamson, Margaret Brundage, Harold Saylor De Lay
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The marrying monster
Claus Stamm
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The mermaid's prophecy, and other songs relating to Queen Dagmar
George Borrow, Thomas James Wise
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The mythology of Greece and Rome, with special reference to its use in art
Otto Seemann, George Henry Bianchi
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The night wire
Henry Ferris Arnold
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The nights of Straparola, volume 1 [of 2]
Giovanni Francesco Straparola, Edward Robert Hughes, William George Waters
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The ninth vibration and other stories
L. Adams Beck
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The nobles are coming
Arthur Jean Cox, Bert Lief
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