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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Il Ricciardetto, vol. II
Niccolò Forteguerri, Giovanni Procacci
Date unknownItalian
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Il Vino: Undici conferenze fatte nell'inverno dell'anno 1880
Various
Date unknownItalian
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Il libro di Sidrach: testo inedito del secolo XIV
active 13th century Sidrac, Adolfo Bartoli
Date unknownItalian
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Il sogno di Scipione
Pietro Metastasio
Date unknownItalian
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Ilja-munkki
Larin-Kyösti
Date unknownFinnish
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In der Mondnacht: Märchen
Hans Wachenhusen
Date unknownGerman
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In het groothertogdom Luxemburg
Pierre Sixemonts
Date unknownDutch
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Indernas föreställningar om verldsskapelsen Jemförda med Finnarnes
Otto Donner
Date unknownSwedish
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Infernaliana
Charles Nodier
Date unknownFrench
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Inferno; Legenden
August Strindberg, Emil Schering
Date unknownGerman
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Ipolyi Arnold népmesegyüjteménye; Magyar népköltési gyüjtemény 13. kötet
Arnold Ipolyi, Lajos Kálmány, Gyula Sebestyén
Date unknownHungarian
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Irlantilaisia satuja
Antti Rytkönen
Date unknownFinnish
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Islanti
Into Konrad Inha
Date unknownFinnish
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Isländische Märchen und Volkssagen
Å. Eskil Avenstrup, Elisabeth Treitel
Date unknownGerman
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Japanilaisia satuja
Valfrid Hedman
Date unknownFinnish
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Japanische Märchen
Karl Alberti
Date unknownGerman
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Jean-Christophe I
Romain Rolland
Date unknownFinnish
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Jephthas bok
Johan Jacob Nervander
Date unknownSwedish
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Josephi: Kuvaus 3:ssa Kohtauksessa
Jacob Fredrik Lagervall
Date unknownFinnish
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Judith och Holofernes
Karl August Tavaststjerna
Date unknownSwedish
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Judithi: Kuvaus 4:ssä Kohtauksessa
Jacob Fredrik Lagervall
Date unknownFinnish
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Juhannustulilla: Laulunsekainen kansanpila
Larin-Kyösti
Date unknownFinnish
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Jüdische Sprichwörter
Artur Landsberger
Date unknownGerman
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Kadonnut pikajuna y.m. kertomuksia
Arthur Conan Doyle, Mary Hämeen-Anttila
Date unknownFinnish