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
- Read free
L'avision de Christine
de Pisan Christine
Date unknownFrench
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L'hérésiarque et Cie
Guillaume Apollinaire
Date unknownFrench
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La Bretagne. Paysages et Récits.
Eugène Loudun
Date unknownFrench
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La Chèvre d'Or
Paul Arène
Date unknownFrench
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La Coupe; Lupo Liverani; Le Toast; Garnier; Le Contrebandier; La Rêverie à Paris
George Sand
Date unknownFrench
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La Douleur; Le vrai mistère de la Passion
Laurent Tailhade
Date unknownFrench
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La Karavano
Wilhelm Hauff, John William Eggleton
Date unknownEsperanto
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La Legendo de Dorm-Valeto
Washington Irving, Edwin Grobe
Date unknownEsperanto
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La Libro Ruth
E Neumark
Date unknownEsperanto
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La Montarino: la poemaro pri Veslemey
Arne Garborg, Odd Tangerud
Date unknownEsperanto
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La Saga de Njal
Rodolphe Dareste
Date unknownFrench
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La alhambra; leyendas árabes
Manuel Fernández y González
Date unknownSpanish
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La chasse galerie: Légendes Canadiennes
Honoré Beaugrand
Date unknownFrench
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La conqueste du chasteau d'amours conquestee par l'umilité du beau doulx
Anonymous
Date unknownFrench
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La cruz en América (Arqueología Argentina)
Adán Quiroga, Samuel Samuel Alexander Lafone Quevedo
Date unknownSpanish
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La dernière nuit de Don Juan: poème dramatique en deux parties et un prologue
Edmond Rostand
Date unknownFrench
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La femme du diable
Joseph Lafon-Labatut, Jules Claretie, Gabriel Lafon
Date unknownFrench
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La leggenda di Saladino
Gaston Bruno Paulin Paris, Mario Menghini
Date unknownItalian
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La petite femme de la mer
Camille Lemonnier
Date unknownFrench
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La serpicina
Francesco Domenico Guerrazzi
Date unknownItalian
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La sirène: Souvenir de Capri
Gustave Toudouze
Date unknownFrench
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La terre du passé
Anatole Le Braz
Date unknownFrench
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La terrible et merveilleuse vie de Robert le Diable
Anonymous
Date unknownFrench
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Lalli: Murhenäytelmä viidessä näytöksessä
Evald Ferdinand Jahnsson
Date unknownFinnish