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
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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
A handbook of weather folk-lore
Charles Swainson, Charles Anthony Swainson
1873
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A story of the golden age
James Baldwin, Howard Pyle
1887
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Aladdin
Walter Crane, Edmund Evans
1890
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Amphitryon
Molière, Alfred Rayney Waller, Otto Manninen
1790French
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Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan
Toru Dutt, Edmund Gosse
1882
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Ancient art and ritual
Jane Ellen Harrison
1800
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Anecdotes of Dogs
Edward Jesse
1846
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Antar: A Bedoueen Romance
Terrick Hamilton
1819
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Bible myths and their parallels in other religions
Thomas William Doane
1800
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Clan Traditions and Popular Tales of the Western Highlands and Islands
John Gregorson Campbell, Alfred Trübner Nutt, Duncan MacIsaac, Jessie Campbell Wallace
1895
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Crystal Gazing
Northcote W. Thomas
1905
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Deirdre
James Stephens
1923
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Demonologia
J. S. Forsyth
1827
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Elfin Music
Arthur Edward Waite, William Sharp
1888
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Ethnology of the Ungava district, Hudson Bay territory
Lucien M Turner, Lucien Lucien McShan Turner, John Murdoch
1894
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Fables and fairy tales
Henry Morley, Charles Charles Henry Bennett, Brothers Dalziel
1860
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Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights
E. Dixon
1893
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Finnish legends for English children
R. Eivind
1893
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Folklore of Scottish lochs and springs
James Murray Mackinlay, James James Murray Mackinlay
1893
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Gods and fighting men
Augusta Gregory, Lady Gregory, William Butler Yeats
1904
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Helen of Troy
Andrew Lang
1882
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Hero tales and legends of the Serbians
Woislav M. Petrovitch, Chedo Miyatovich, Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Cedomilj Mijatovic, Gilbert James, William Sewell
1914
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Hero-tales of Ireland
Jeremiah Curtin
1894
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Idols and ideals
Moncure Daniel Conway, Benno Loewy
1877