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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Neitsyt Maarian lahja: ynnä muita legendoja
L Onerva
Date unknownFinnish
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Nerone: commedia in cinque atti ed in versi, con prologo e note storiche
Pietro Cossa
Date unknownItalian
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Nicht da, nicht dort
Albert Ehrenstein
Date unknownGerman
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Niederländische Volkslieder
August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben
Date unknownGerman
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Nippon-ország naposkertje
Ignácz Kúnos
Date unknownHungarian
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Noorsche mythen uit de Edda's en de sagen
Hélène Adeline Guerber, Henri van den Bergh van Eysinga
Date unknownDutch
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Nordmanna-Mystik: Bilder Från Nordens Forntid
Albert Ulrik Bååth
Date unknownSwedish
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Novelle brianzuole
Cesare Cantù
Date unknownItalian
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Nuorten Kalevala
Pekka Ollilainen
Date unknownFinnish
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Ny Samling Folksagor
Otto Spamer
Date unknownSwedish
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Népdalok és mondák (1. kötet); Magyar népköltési gyüjtemény
János Erdélyi
Date unknownHungarian
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Népdalok és mondák (3. kötet); Magyar népköltési gyüjtemény
János Erdélyi
Date unknownHungarian
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Népmesék Heves- és Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok-megyéből; Magyar népköltési gyüjtemény 9. kötet
Lajos Katona, János Berze Nagy, Gyula Vargha
Date unknownHungarian
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O Oraculo do Passado, do presente e do Futuro (3/7)
Bento Serrano
Date unknownPortuguese
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O Oraculo do Passado, do presente e do Futuro (5/7)
Bento Serrano
Date unknownPortuguese
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O świecie roślinnym wyobrażenia, wierzenia i podania ludu ruskiego na Wołyniu we wsi Jurkowszczyźnie pow. Zwiahelskim
1889Polish
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Obras dramáticas de Eurípides (1 de 3)
481? BCE-407 BCE Euripides, Eduardo de Mier
Date unknownSpanish
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Obras dramáticas de Eurípides (3 de 3)
481? BCE-407 BCE Euripides, Eduardo de Mier
Date unknownSpanish
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Obras escogidas
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Joaquín Álvarez Quintero, Serafín Álvarez Quintero
Date unknownSpanish
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Odysseun harharetket: Suorasanaisesti kerrottuna
751? BCE-651? BCE Homer, Impi Sirkka
Date unknownFinnish
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Oeuvres de Marcel Schwob. Volume 2 of 2, La lampe de Psyché; Il libro della mia memoria
Marcel Schwob
Date unknownFrench
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Oli kerran
Larin-Kyösti
Date unknownFinnish
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Ontrein tarinoita
Eino Railo
Date unknownFinnish
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Orientaj fabeloj
Vlas Mikhaĭlovich Doroshevich, Nikolao Hohlov
Date unknownEsperanto