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 Yoga-Vasishtha Maharamayana of Valmiki, Vol. 2 (of 4), Part 1 (of 2)
Valmiki, Viharilala Mitra
Date unknown
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The Yoga-Vasishtha Maharamayana of Valmiki, Vol. 4 (of 4), Part 2 (of 2)
Valmiki, Viharilala Mitra
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The history of Jack the Giant-Killer
William Samuelprt Fortey
1860
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The lurking fear
Howard Phillips Lovecraft, Hugh Rankin
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Anguish Languish
Howard L Chace, Hal Doremus
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Betelguese
Jean DÉsque
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Cinderella
Anonymous
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Hypnerotomachia: The Strife of Loue in a Dreame
Francesco Colonna, Robert Dallington
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Jungle Tales of Tarzan
Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice
James Branch Cabell
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Kai Lung's Golden Hours
Ernest Bramah, Hilaire Belloc
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Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 2
Thomas Malory
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Psychology of the Unconscious
Carl Gustav Jung, Beatrice M Hinkle
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School of the World Or Science of Iedny Oyc Dan to His Son Iak Ma Zyc Y Progress In the World: To Conversations Divided Thu. 1-2
1755Polish
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Sunday at Home (From "Twice Told Tales")
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Tales of Unrest
Joseph Conrad
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Tales of the Jazz Age
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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The Assemble of Goddes
Anonymous
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The Brownie of Bodsbeck, and Other Tales (Vol. 2 of 2)
James Hogg
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The Cattle-Raid of Cualnge (Tain Bo Cualnge) : An Old Irish Prose-Epic
Lucy Winifred Faraday
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The Divine Comedy by Dante, Illustrated, Hell, Volume 06
Dante Alighieri, Gustave Doré, Henry Francis Cary
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The Happy Hypocrite: A Fairy Tale for Tired Men
Max Beerbohm
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The Remains of Hesiod the Ascræan, Including the Shield of Hercules
Hesiod, George Chapman, Charles Abraham Elton
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The Song of Hiawatha: An Epic Poem
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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