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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Tristan ja Isolde
Joseph Bédier, L Onerva
Date unknownFinnish
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Troian sota: Muinaiskreikkalaisia jumaluus- ja sankaritarinoita
Fridtjuv Berg, Kalle Kajander
Date unknownFinnish
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Trovas Inedìtas de Bandarra
Gonçalo Anes Bandarra
Date unknownPortuguese
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Tuhannen ja yhden yön tarinoita III
Anonymous, Helmi Krohn
Date unknownFinnish
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Tuhannen ja yhden yön tarinoita Suomen lapsille II
Anonymous, Helmi Krohn
Date unknownFinnish
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Tuhat ja yksi yötä
Valfrid Hedman
Date unknownFinnish
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Tuhkapöperö: Kuvaus 4:ssä Kohtauksessa
Jacob Fredrik Lagervall
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Tuhkimo ja kuninkaantytär: Nelinäytöksinen satuseikkailu
Larin-Kyösti
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Tunisias
János László Pyrker
Date unknownGerman
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Tuomivaaran tuolta puolen
Toivo Lyy
Date unknownFinnish
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Tuonelan joutsen; Sota valosta; Johan Wilhelm
Eino Leino
Date unknownFinnish
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Twiljocht-teltsjes
Simke Kloosterman, Hermy Kalis
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Török népmesék
Ignácz Kúnos, Ármin Vámbéry
Date unknownHungarian
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Türkische Märchen
Friedrich Giese
Date unknownGerman
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Una partita a scacchi; Il Trionfo d'amore; Intermezzi e scene
Giuseppe Giacosa
Date unknownItalian
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Under Nordenvindens Svøbe
Knud Rasmussen
Date unknownDanish
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Unelmia takkavalkean ääressä
Richard von Volkmann, Theodolinda Hahnsson
Date unknownFinnish
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Unkarilaisia satuja ja tarinoita
Julie Wichmann
Date unknownFinnish
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Uudempia Uloswalituita Satuja
Christfrid Ganander
Date unknownFinnish
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Uusi Grottelaulu
Viktor Rydberg, Severi Nuormaa
Date unknownFinnish
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Uusi suomalainen lukemisto
August Ahlqvist
Date unknownFinnish
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Uusia savolaisjuttuja
Santeri Rissanen
Date unknownFinnish
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Valda Berättelser
Selma Lagerlöf, Jules Mauritzson
Date unknownSwedish
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Valikoima satuja
Hanna Cederholm, Helmi Nylander
Date unknownFinnish