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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Romancero selecto del Cid
Anonymous, Manuel Milá y Fontanals
Date unknownSpanish
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Romanz De L'estoire Dou Graal
de Boron Robert
Date unknownFrench
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Romanzen vom Rosenkranz
Clemens Brentano
Date unknownGerman
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Román népdalok és balladák
Gergely Moldován
Date unknownHungarian
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Rostem und Suhrab: Eine Heldengeschichte in zwölf Büchern
Friedrich Rückert
Date unknownGerman
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Runoja Herkules uroosta
Thure Johan Dahlberg
Date unknownFinnish
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Runokirja
Eino Leino
Date unknownFinnish
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Runola
Carl Axel Gottlund
Date unknownFinnish
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Ruunulinna: Murhekuvaus 5:ssä Tapauksessa
Jacob Fredrik Lagervall
Date unknownFinnish
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Rímur af Grámanni í Garðshorni
Jón Hjaltason
Date unknownIcelandic
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Rübezahl
Rosalie Koch
Date unknownGerman
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Rübezahl
Rudolf Reichhardt, Eugen Siegert
Date unknownGerman
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Saarelaiskuvia II
Emil Elenius
Date unknownFinnish
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Sacountala (1858)
Théophile Gautier
Date unknownFrench
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Sagen und Bilder aus Muskau und dem Park
Georg Liebusch, E Petzold
Date unknownGerman
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Sagen van Koning Arthur en de Ridders van de Tafelronde
Nelly Montijn-de Fouw, Arthur Rackham
Date unknownDutch
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Sagen van den Rijn
Wilhelm Ruland, W. B Meyen-Barends
Date unknownDutch
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Sajóvölgyi eredeti népmesék (1. kötet)
László Merényi
Date unknownHungarian
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Sajóvölgyi eredeti népmesék (2. kötet)
László Merényi
Date unknownHungarian
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Samling af Swenska Ordspråk
Lars Rhodin
Date unknownSwedish
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Samoan ihmesaarilta
Anonymous
Date unknownFinnish
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Sanguines
Pierre Louÿs
Date unknownFrench
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Satu Sallisesta; Uni
Jacob Fredrik Lagervall
Date unknownFinnish
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Satu-Ruijan maa: Kertomuksia
Arvi Järventaus
Date unknownFinnish