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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Valittuja kertomuksia
Anatole France, Juho Aukusti Hollo, Otto Manninen
Date unknownFinnish
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Van den Vos Reynaerde
F Buitenrust Hettema, Hermann Degering
Date unknownDutch
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Vanhaa Lappia ja Peräpohjaa
Samuli Paulaharju
Date unknownFinnish
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Vanhankansan tapoja ja taikoja
A. Th. Böök
Date unknownFinnish
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Velhovuorella: Yksinäytöksinen laulunsekainen idylli
Erik Bögh, Niilo Sala
Date unknownFinnish
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Venusmärchen: Geschichten aus einer andern Welt
Edna Fern
Date unknownGerman
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Vieilles Histoires du Pays Breton
Anatole Le Braz
Date unknownFrench
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Vihreät sisaret
George Sand, Felix Borg
Date unknownFinnish
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Világ folyása (3. kötet): Beszélyek
Károly Bérczy
Date unknownHungarian
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Virgilio nel Medio Evo, vol. I
Domenico Comparetti
Date unknownItalian
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Virgilio nel Medio Evo, vol. II
Domenico Comparetti
Date unknownItalian
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Virvatulten tarinoita: Kertomus
Marie Petersen
Date unknownFinnish
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Viviane
Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Gustave Doré, Francisque Michel
Date unknownFrench
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Von Hollas Rocken
Eberhard König, Hans-Michael Bungter
Date unknownGerman
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Válogatott magyar népdalok
János Erdélyi
Date unknownHungarian
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Väinämöiset: Yksi kokous meijän nykyisten runojain virren-teoista
Carl Axel Gottlund
Date unknownFinnish
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Väinölä
Various
Date unknownFinnish
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Waar mensch en tijger buren zijn
Louis Constant Westenenk, L. S. W. van der Noordaa
Date unknownDutch
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Wandelingen door Elzas-Lotharingen
Anonymous
Date unknownDutch
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Wilhelm Hauffs sämtliche Werke in sechs Bänden. Bd. 6
Wilhelm Hauff, Alfred Weile
Date unknownGerman
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Willem Tell: De Zwitsersche vrijheidsheld
Pieter Louwerse
Date unknownDutch
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Wiron satuja
Pietari Hannikainen
Date unknownFinnish
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Wonderwings and other Fairy Stories
Edith Howes, Alice Polson
Date unknown
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Woordenboek der Grieksche en Romeinsche oudheid
Johan George Schlimmer, Z. C. de Boer
Date unknownDutch