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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Weird Tales, Volume 1, Number 3, May, 1923: The unique magazine
Various, Edwin Baird
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Weird Tales, Volume 1, Number 4, June, 1923: The unique magazine
Various, Edwin Baird
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Weird Tales. Vol. 1 (of 2)
Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, John Thomas Bealby
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Welsh Fairy Tales
William Elliot Griffis
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Welsh Poems and Ballads
George Borrow, Ernest Rhys
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Welsh Rarebit Tales
Harle Oren Cummins, Robert Emmett Owen
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West African Folk-Tales
William Henry Barker, Cecilia Sinclair
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Where Deep Seas Moan
E. Gallienne Robin
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Where the World is Quiet
Henry Kuttner
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White Lotus, the legend of the cat's eye
Carlo de Fornaro
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White Mountain Trails
Winthrop Packard
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Wigwam wonder tales
William Thompson, Carle Michel Boog
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Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 01
John Mackay Wilson, Alexander Leighton
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Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 02
John Mackay Wilson, Alexander Leighton
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Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 03
John Mackay Wilson, Alexander Leighton
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Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 04
John Mackay Wilson, Alexander Leighton
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Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 05
John Mackay Wilson, Alexander Leighton
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Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 06
John Mackay Wilson, Alexander Leighton
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Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 07
John Mackay Wilson, Alexander Leighton
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Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 08
John Mackay Wilson, Alexander Leighton
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Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 09
John Mackay Wilson, Alexander Leighton
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Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 10
John Mackay Wilson, Alexander Leighton
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Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 11
John Mackay Wilson, Alexander Leighton
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Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 12
John Mackay Wilson, Alexander Leighton
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