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
Every placement records its evidence — the controlled subject queries that found the book at its sources and the bibliographic metadata retained through merging. Each book page shows its own. How the rationale system works.
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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Biblioteca delle tradizioni popolari siciliane
Giuseppe Pitrè, Pitrè, Giuseppe, 1841-1916, editor
1841Italian
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Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne, ou, Histoire, par ordre alphabétique, de la vie publique et privée de tous les hommes qui se sont fait remarquer par leurs écrits, leurs actions, leurs talents, leurs vertus ou leurs crimes
Joseph François Michaud, Louis Gabriel Michaud, John Boyd Thacher Collection DLC, Louis Gabriel Michaud Joseph Fr. Michaud
1811French
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Bo-Peep story books
Clara de Chatelain
1850
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Brownies and bogles
Louise Imogen Guiney, Edmund Edmund Henry Garrett, Edmund Henry Garrett
1888
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Cabinet des fées, ou, Collection choisie des contes des fées et autre contes merveilleux
Charles-Joseph Mayer
1785French
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Ceremonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde
Jean-Frédéric Bernard, Bernard, Jean Frédéric, d. 1752, Antoine-Louis-Guillaume-Catherine Laporte, Bernard Picart, Jean-Charles Poncelin de La Roche-Tilhac, Royez, Jean-François, Bruzen de La Martinière, Antoine Augustin
1723French
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Child-life in Japan & Japanese child-stories
Matilda Chaplin Ayrton, William Elliot Griffis, Joseph Simms
1879
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Chinook Texts
Franz Boas
1894CHN
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Das Kloster. Weltlich und geistlich. Meist aus der ältern deutschen Volks-, Wunder-, Curiositäten-, und vorzugsweise komischen Literatur
Johann Scheible
1845German
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Deorvm dearvmqve capita
Abraham Ortelius, Philippe Galle
1573Latin
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Dialogus beati Gregorij Pape
Gregory I Pope, Ulrich Gering, Berthold Rembolt, Albert Andrew Howard
1495Latin
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Dictys Cretensis de historia belli Troiani et Darses Priscus de eadem Troiana
Dictys Cretensis
1499Latin
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Die deutschen Volksbücher
Karl Joseph Simrock
1845German
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Enone abbandonata
Nicolò Maria Selva, Eredi del Benacci
1651Italian
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Eseqvie della Maestà Cesarea dell'imperadore Ferdinando II
Francesco Rondinelli
1638Italian
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Fairy circles
Villamaria
1877
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Fiends, ghosts, and sprites
John Netten Radcliffe
1854
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Fornaldar sögur Nordrlanda
Carl Christian Rafn
1829NON
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Hie hebt an das Wintertail der hailigen Leben
Jacobus de Voragine
1507German
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I.N.J. Fragmentvm M.scr. Runici Cum interpretatione vernacula Nec Non aphorismi selecti. Qvae Cum Consensu Amplissimae Facultatis Philosophicae Upsalensis, Sub praesidio viri clarissimi Joannis Bilberg ...
Lucas Halpap, Sheridan Libraries, Lucas ; [Lund Halpap
1690Latin
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Jeux historiques des rois de France, reines renommées, géographie et métamorphose
Jean Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin, Stefano Della Bella, Florent Le Comte
1698French
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L. Apuleii opera
Apuleius, Giovanni d'Andrea, Filippo Pinzi, Hermes Trismegistus, Albinus, Pietro Balbi, Spaulding Mr, Henrietta Ricketts, author Apuleius
1493Latin
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Le cabinet des fées, ou, Collection choisie des contes des fées, et autres contes merveilleux ...
Marie-Catherine Le Jumelle de Berneville comtesse d'Aulnoy, Charles-Joseph Mayer, Thomas Simon Gueulette, Moncrif M. de
1785French
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Le manuel des artistes et des amateurs, ou, Dictionnaire historique et mythologique des emblêmes, allégories, énigmes, devises, attributs & symboles, relativement au costûme, aux mœurs, aux usages & aux cérémonies
Jean Raymond de Petity
1770French