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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Helgelannin sankarit: Näytelmä neljässä näytöksessä
Henrik Ibsen, C. Edv Törmänen
Date unknownFinnish
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Helkavirsiä I-II
Eino Leino
Date unknownFinnish
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Hellas
Ernst Weber, Karl Bauer
Date unknownGerman
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Henkimaailman salaisuuksia
Birger Schöldström
Date unknownFinnish
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Hesiodi Carmina
Hesiod, Ambroise Firmin-Didot
Date unknownLatin
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Het Kindeken Jezus in Vlaanderen
Felix Timmermans
Date unknownDutch
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Het leemen wagentje: Indisch tooneelspel uit Sanskṛt en Prākṛt in het Nederlandsch vertaald
Sūdraka, J. Ph. Vogel
Date unknownDutch
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Het zwevende schaakbord
Louis Couperus
Date unknownDutch
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Hindi Biro!... ó Ang Anting-Anting
José R Francia
Date unknownTagalog
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Hinemoa
Henry James Fletcher
Date unknown
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Histoire du véritable Gribouille
George Sand, Maurice Sand
Date unknownFrench
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Historia de los siete murciélagos, leyenda árabe
Manuel Fernández y González
Date unknownSpanish
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Historie van Doctor Jan Faustus, grooten tooveraer en zwarten konstenaer
Anonymous
Date unknownDutch
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Homeri Carmina et Cycli Epici Reliquiæ. Pars Tertia: Hymni
751? BCE-651? BCE Homer, Ambroise Firmin-Didot
Date unknownLatin
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Honkakannel 1
Esa Paavo-Kallio
Date unknownFinnish
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Hétfalusi csángó népmesék; Magyar népköltési gyüjtemény 10. kötet
Antal Horger, Gyula Vargha
Date unknownHungarian
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Hölmöläiset
Väinö Albert Nuorteva
Date unknownFinnish
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Idisa: eine thüringisch-fränkische Sage für unsere Jugend
Heinrich Langbein, Wilhelm Scheibe
Date unknownGerman
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Ihmisruumiin substanssi suomalais-ugrilaisten kansojen taikuudessa
Albert Hämäläinen
Date unknownFinnish
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Ikuinen taistelu
Johannes Linnankoski
Date unknownFinnish
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Il Diavolo
Arturo Graf
Date unknownItalian
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Il Pentamerone del cavalier Giovan Battista Basile overo, Lo cunto de li cunte v. 1/2
Giambattista Basile
Date unknownItalian
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Il Pentamerone del cavalier Giovan Battista Basile overo, Lo cunto de li cunte v. 2/2
Giambattista Basile
Date unknownItalian
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Il Quadriregio
Federico Frezzi, Enrico Filippini
Date unknownItalian