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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Legends and superstitions of the sea and of sailors in all lands and at all times
Fletcher S. Bassett
1885
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Los sirgueros de la virgen sin original peccado ...
Francisco Bramón
1620Spanish
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M. Trogilli Arnkiels ... Aussführliche Eröffnung ... in vier Theile beschrieben, und mit vielen Kupffer-Stücken beleuchtiget
Troels Arnkiel, Thomas von Wiering
1703German
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Myths of Hellas
Karl Witt, Carl Witt, Arthur Sidgwick, Frances Younghusband
1883
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Nordiske kaempe-historier efter islandske haandskrifter fordanskede ved Carl Christian Rafn
[name Missing], Carl Christian Rafn
1821Danish
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Oblako nad svi︠a︡tilishchem, ili, Ni︠e︡chto takoe, o chem gordai︠a︡ filosofīi︠a︡ i grezitʹ ne smi︡e︡et
Karl von Eckartshausen, I︠u︡din, Mikhail Gennadievich, Aleksandr Labzin, Yudin Collection
1804Russian
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Oldnordiske Sagaer
Finnur Magnússon, Carl Christian Rafn, Niels Matthias Petersen
1826Danish
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Oper[e] di Polidoro
Polidoro da Caravaggio
1658Italian
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Opuscula mythologica physica et ethica
Thomas Gale
1688Ancient Greek
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Origine de tous les cultes
Charles François Dupuis, Dupuis, Pierre René Auguis, John Adams, John Adams Library BRL, Boston Public Library) John Adams Library, 1742-1809. n 79027128 Dupuis
1794French
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Patrañas
Rachel Harriette Busk, Edward Henry Corbould
1870
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Pictura loquens
Ludolph Smids
1695Latin
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Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme, 1686-87
John Aubrey, British Museum. Manuscript, James Britten
1881
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River legends
Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen Baron Brabourne, Gustave Doré, Daldy, Isbister & Co, Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen Brabourne, Doré, Gustave, 1832-1883, illus
1875
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Superstitions anciennes et modernes
Jean-Baptiste Thiers, J Bellon de Saint-Quentin, Jean-Frédéric Bernard, Pierre Lebrun
1733French
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Tales of Northumbria
Howard Pease
1899
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The Twelve Labours of Hercules, Son of Jupiter & Alcmena.
Anonymous
1808
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The coming of Cuculain
Standish O'Grady
1894
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The testimony of tradition
David MacRitchie
1890
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The true prophecies or prognostications of Michael Nostradamus, physician to Henry II, Francis II, and Charles IX, kings of France and one of the best astronomers that ever were
Nostradamus, Theophilus Garencières
1672
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The winter solstice altars at Hano pueblo
Jesse Walter Fewkes
1899
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The wonderful fan
Amy Ella Blanchard
1882
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Traditions of Lancashire
John Roby
1829
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Traditions tératologiques, ou Récits de l'antiquité et du moyen âge en Occident sur quelques ...
West, Traditions, Pseudo -Callisthenes Jules Berger de Xivrey, Traditions West, JULES BERGER DE XICREY
1836French