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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Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History
Charlotte Charlotte Mary Yonge
Date unknown
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Aurea catena Homeri, oder, Eine Beschreibung von dem Ursprung der Natur und natürlichen Dingen
Anton Joseph Kirchweger
1720Latin
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Aus dem Reiche des Buddha: Sieben Erzählungen
Paul Dahlke, Bruno Steigüber
Date unknownGerman
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Aus der Geschichte der menschlichen Dummheit
Max Kemmerich
Date unknownGerman
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Aus der Jugendzeit; Historie von der schönen Lau
Eduard Mörike, Franz Stassen
Date unknownGerman
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Aus grauen Mauern und grünen Weiten
Gustav Riess
Date unknownGerman
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Ausgewählte Fabeln
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Date unknownGerman
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Avvenimenti faceti: Raccolti da un Anonimo Siciliano del secolo XVIII
Giuseppe Pitrè
Date unknownItalian
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Az egyszeri királyfi
Ernő Szép
Date unknownHungarian
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Bajki
Adam Mickiewicz
Date unknownPolish
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Bazsarózsák
István Tömörkény
Date unknownHungarian
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Bergrichters Erdenwallen
Arthur Achleitner
Date unknownGerman
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Beówulf
Lion Simons
Date unknownDutch
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Bhagavad-Gita: Herrens Sång
Hjalmar Johannes Runeberg
Date unknownSwedish
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Bhagavadgita — Des Erhabenen Sang
Leopold von Schroeder
Date unknownGerman
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Blanche et Bleue ou les deux couleuvres-fées, roman chinois
Stanislas Julien
Date unknownFrench
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Boesman-Stories, Deel 1. Mitologie en legendes
Gideon Retief Von Wielligh, R. F Keet
Date unknown
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Boesman-Stories, Deel 2. Dierstories en ander verhale
Gideon Retief Von Wielligh, R. F Keet
Date unknown
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Boesman-Stories, Deel 3. Die boesman self, sy sedes, gewoontes en bekwaamhede
Gideon Retief Von Wielligh, Hans Anton Aschenborn
Date unknown
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Boesman-Stories, Deel 4. Gemengde Vertellings, mees van 'n Awontuurlike Aard
Gideon Retief Von Wielligh, Hans Anton Aschenborn
Date unknown
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Buchstabenmystik
Franz Dornseiff
Date unknownGerman
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Buda halála: Hún rege
János Arany
Date unknownHungarian
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Búhay na Pinagdaanan ni Juan Tamad na Anac ni Fabio at ni Sofia
Anonymous
Date unknownTagalog
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Casaysayan ng Catotohanang Buhay ng Haring Clodeveo at Reyna Clotilde sa Reyno nang Francia
Cleto R Ignacio
Date unknownTagalog