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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Silkkilaiva: Kertomus
Emil Elenius
Date unknownFinnish
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Simson ja Delila: Kolminäytöksinen näytelmä
Johannes Linnankoski
Date unknownFinnish
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Siniparran seitsemän vaimoa
Anatole France, L Onerva
Date unknownFinnish
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Sint-Nikolaas en het Sint-Nikolaas-feest
Wessel Albertus van Hengel
Date unknownDutch
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Slavische Volkforschungen
Friedrich Friedrich Salomo Krauss
Date unknownGerman
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Spanish Tales for Beginners
Elijah Clarence Hills, Louise Reinhardt
Date unknownSpanish
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Sprookjes van Jean Macé
Jean Macé, Jan Wiegman, Hermanna
Date unknownDutch
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Sprookjes: Tweede verzameling
Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Berhardina Midderigh-Bokhorst, Jean Jacques Midderigh, M. van Eeden-Van Vloten
Date unknownDutch
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Storia comparata degli usi nuziali in Italia e presso gli altri popoli indo-europei
Angelo De Gubernatis
Date unknownItalian
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Stories from the Odyssey
Herbert Lord Havell, 751? BCE-651? BCE Homer
Date unknown
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Sub la Meznokta Suno: Nordlandaj Rakontoj
Lehman Wendell
Date unknownEsperanto
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Sudenmorsian
Aino Kallas
Date unknownFinnish
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Suma y narracion de los Incas, que los indios llamaron Capaccuna, que fueron señores de la ciudad del Cuzco y de todo lo á ella subjeto
Juan de Betanzos
Date unknownSpanish
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Suomalainen linnanneiti josta tuli kuningatar
Kyösti Wilkuna
Date unknownFinnish
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Suomalainen lukemisto
Knut Cannelin
Date unknownFinnish
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Suomalaisen kirjallisuuden historia I: Kalevala
Julius Krohn
Date unknownFinnish
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Suomalaisia
Niilo Niilo Engelbrekt Wainio
Date unknownFinnish
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Suomalaisia legendoja
Eino Railo
Date unknownFinnish
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Suomalaisia sananlaskuja
Elias Lönnrot
Date unknownFinnish
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Suomalaisten runojen uskonto
Kaarle Krohn
Date unknownFinnish
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Suomen Kansan Sanalaskuja
Elias Lönnrot
Date unknownFinnish
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Suomen Kansan Vanhoja Runoja ynnä myös Nykyisempiä Lauluja 1
Zacharias Topelius
Date unknownFinnish
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Suomen Kansan Vanhoja Runoja ynnä myös Nykyisempiä Lauluja 2
Zacharias Topelius
Date unknownFinnish
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Suomen Kansan Vanhoja Runoja ynnä myös Nykyisempiä Lauluja 3
Zacharias Topelius
Date unknownFinnish