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.
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- 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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Légendes canaques
Georges Baudoux, Lucien Lévy-Bruhl
Date unknownFrench
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Légendes et curiosités des métiers
Paul Sébillot
Date unknownFrench
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Magyar népballadák (Magyar remekirók 55. kötet)
Sándor Endrődi
Date unknownHungarian
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Magyar népdalok (Magyar remekirók 54. kötet)
Sándor Endrődi
Date unknownHungarian
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Magyar regék, mondák és népmesék
János Nepomuk Jozsef Mailáth, Gábor Kazinczy, Ferencz Kazinczy
Date unknownHungarian
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Mansikoita ja Mustikoita II
Various
Date unknownFinnish
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Mansikoita ja Mustikoita III
Various
Date unknownFinnish
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Mehiläinen 1836
Elias Lönnrot
Date unknownFinnish
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Mehiläinen 1837
Elias Lönnrot
Date unknownFinnish
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Mehiläinen 1839
Elias Lönnrot
Date unknownFinnish
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Meren ja lemmen aallot
Franz Grillparzer, Veikko Antero Koskenniemi
Date unknownFinnish
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Mesék
Ferenc Herczeg, Károly Mühlbeck
Date unknownHungarian
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Mesék és regék
Mór Jókai
Date unknownHungarian
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Metsämiehen muistelmia
Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev, Samuli Suomalainen
Date unknownFinnish
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Metsän satuja ja muita runoja
Lauri Henrik Pohjanpää
Date unknownFinnish
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Mikko Mieheläinen; Kuoleman kilpakosija
Lauri Soini
Date unknownFinnish
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Mimózák és krizántémok
Ignácz Kúnos
Date unknownHungarian
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Miragaia: Romance Popular
João Batista da Silva Leitão de Almeida Garrett Almeida Garrett
Date unknownPortuguese
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Miti, leggende e superstizioni del Medio Evo, vol. I
Arturo Graf
Date unknownItalian
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Miti, leggende e superstizioni del Medio Evo, vol. II
Arturo Graf
Date unknownItalian
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Mitos, supersticiones y supervivencias populares de Bolivia
M. Rigoberto Paredes, Belisario Díaz Romero
Date unknownSpanish
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Modernste Kriegswaffen - alte Erfindungen
Franz Franz Maria Feldhaus
Date unknownGerman
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Moisasurs Zauberfluch
Ferdinand Raimund
Date unknownGerman
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Mordvalaisten, tsheremissien ja votjakkien kosinta- ja häätavoista
Albert Hämäläinen
Date unknownFinnish