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
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- 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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Gunnlaugs saga Ormstungu. Búið hefir til prentunar Vald. Ásmundarson
Valdimar Ásmundarson
1893Icelandic
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Guntheri Ligurinus. Seu de rebus gestis imp. caes. Friderici primi, pp. aug. cognomento Aenobarbi, siue Barbarossae, libri X. Opus non solum poetis lectu jucundum, sed et historicis et politicis et aulicis, ad deliberationum, consiliorum, legationum, orationum et epistolarum exempla; jurisconsultù quoque ad juris feudistici cognitionem utile imprimis ac necessarium. Cunradus Rittershusius, IC. recensuit: quinque editionibus inter se collatis mendas hinc passim plurimas grauissimasque tam lectionum, quàm distinctionum sustulit. Notis illustrauit; et accurato rerum ac verborum memorabilium indice nunc primùm locupletauit
von Pairis Gunther
1598Latin
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Guntheri poëtae Ligurinus. Sive de rebus gestis imperatoris caesaris Friderici primi aug. cognomento Aenobarbi. Libri decem. Post Jac. Spiegellii, Pet. Pithoei, Cunradi Rittershusii et Geo. Christi Joannis repetitas curas ad fidem editionis principis Augustanae denuo recensuit, selectas virorum Clariss. ut et Scioppii, Pelugii, Barthii, Withofii aliorumque adnotationes itemque suas adjecit, commentat. historico-literariis, lectionum varietate atque indicibus auxit Dr. Car. Georg. Dümgé, historiarum professor Heydelbergensis. Volumen I. Exhibens integros Ligurini libros una cum varietate lectionum et brevibus in easdem stricturis; praemittitur dissert. historico-literaria de operis auctore, aetate, fatis ac editionibus; accedit comment. de Friderico I. Imp. Aug
Karl Georg Dümgé, von Pairis Gunther
1812Latin
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Hallfreds saga. Öfversättning från isländskan jemte anmärkningar
Sven Herman Benjamin Svensson
1864Swedish
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Harðar saga ok Hólmverja. Þórleifr Jónsson gaf út
Þórleifr Jónsson
1891NON
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Historiske fortællinger om Islændernes færd hjemme og ude, udgivne af det Kongelige Nordiske Oldskrift-Selskab i bearbejdelse efter de islandske grundskrifter ved N. M. Petersen
Niels Matthias Petersen
1839Danish
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Historiske fortællinger om Islændernes færd hjemme og ude. Efter de islandske grundskrifter ved N. M. Petersen. Anden udgave
Niels Matthias Petersen
1863Danish
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Hrafnkels saga Freysgoða. Búið hefir til prentunar Vald. Ásmundarson
Valdimar Ásmundarson
1893Icelandic
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Hávarðs saga Ísfirðings. Búið hefir til prentunar Vald. Ásmundarson
Valdimar Ásmundarson
1896Icelandic
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Höskuld Kollsson und Olaf Pfau. Aus der Laxdäla-Saga zum erstenmale verdeutscht von Dr. Ferdinand Khull
Ferdinand Khull
1895German
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Hœnsa-Þóris saga. Þórleifr Jónsson gaf út
Þorleifur Jónsson
1892Icelandic
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Jómsvíkinga saga (efter Cod. AM. 510, 4:to) samt Jómsvíkinga drápa utgifna af Carl af Petersens
d. 1222 Bjarni Kolbeinsson, Carl Justus Fredrik af Petersens
1879Swedish
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Jómsvíkinga saga efter Arnamagnæanska handskriften N:o 291. 4:to i diplomatariskt aftryck utgifven af Carl af Petersens
Carl Justus Fredrik af Petersens
1882Swedish
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Jómsvíkinga-saga i latinsk oversættelse af Arngrim Jonsson. Udgiven af A. Gjessing
Arngrímur Jónsson lærði
1877Norwegian (Bokmål)
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Jörg Wickrams Rollwagenbüchlein. Ausgewählt und sprachlich erneuert von Karl Pannier
Jörg Wickram, Karl Pannier
1880German
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Karel ende Elegast
Esgo Taco Kuiper
1890Dutch
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Karel ende Elegast. Opnieuw uitgegeven door Dr. E. T. Kuiper
Esgo Taco Kuiper
1891Dutch
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Konráðs saga keisarasonar, er fór til Ormalands. Skrifuð upp eptir gömlum handritum af Gunnlaugi Þórðarsyni
Gunnlaugur Þórðarson
1859Icelandic
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Konunga-sagor af Snorre Sturleson. Öfwersättning
Snorre Sturlasson
1816Swedish
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Kormáks saga. Buíð hefir til prentunar Vald. Ásmundarson
Valdimar Ásmundarson
1893Icelandic
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Kritische Beiträge zu Jean Bodel's Epos "La chanson des Saxons"
Ludwig Seippel
1899German
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Kudrun. Herausgegeben von Karl Bartsch
Karl Bartsch
1865German
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Kudrun. Herausgegeben von Karl Bartsch. Dritte Auflage
Karl Bartsch
1874German
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L' Italia liberata di Giangiorgio Trissino. Contributo alla storia dell' epopea italiana
Filippo Ermini
1895Italian