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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Aberglauben, Sitten und Gebräuche des sächsischen Obererzgebirges: Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis des Volksglaubens und Volkslebens im Königreich Sachsen
Moritz Spiess
Date unknownGerman
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Abhandlungen über die Fabel
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Date unknownGerman
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Abydos
Emile Amélineau
Date unknownDutch
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Adán y Eva en el paraíso
Eça de Queirós, Enrique Amado
Date unknownSpanish
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Aenigmata Fennica: Suomalaiset Arwotuxet Wastauksien kansa
Christfrid Ganander
Date unknownFinnish
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Ahab Israelin kuningas: Viisinäytöksinen murhenäytelmä
Alpo Noponen
Date unknownFinnish
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Aikojen yöstä: Historiallisia kertomuksia IV
Kyösti Wilkuna
Date unknownFinnish
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Aladdin en de wonderlamp (Verhaal uit de duizend en een nacht)
J. W Gerhard, Sidney Heath
Date unknownDutch
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Alamat ng Ilang-Ilang
Jose N Sevilla
Date unknownTagalog
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Alkuperäisiä kertomuksia entisiltä ajoilta I
Johannes Häyhä
Date unknownFinnish
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Amedeide: Poema eroico
Gabriello Chiabrera
Date unknownItalian
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Amor ja Psyke
Apuleius, Edvard Rein
Date unknownFinnish
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Amor y llanto
María del Pilar Sinués de Marco
Date unknownSpanish
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Amoralische Fabeln
Lisa Wenger, Carl Olof Petersen
Date unknownGerman
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Antikristuksen ihmetyöt
Selma Lagerlöf, Jaakko Suomalainen
Date unknownFinnish
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Antiquités d'Herculanum, Tome II. Peintures
Tommaso Piroli
Date unknownFrench
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Antiquités d'Herculanum, Tome III. Peintures
Tommaso Piroli
Date unknownFrench
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Antiquités d'Herculanum, Tome V. Bronzes
Tommaso Piroli
Date unknownFrench
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Apologues modernes, à l'usage du Dauphin
Sylvain Maréchal
Date unknownFrench
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Arab regék (1. kötet)
Mihály Vörösmarty
Date unknownHungarian
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Arab regék (2. kötet)
Mihály Vörösmarty
Date unknownHungarian
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Arabische Nächte
Edmund Dulac
Date unknownGerman
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Arany mesekönyv
Elek Benedek, Henry Justice Ford, Károly Kotász, Willy Pogány
Date unknownHungarian
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Aslak Hetta: Kertova lappalaisrunoelma
Larin-Kyösti
Date unknownFinnish