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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Der Alpenkönig und der Menschenfeind
Ferdinand Raimund
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Gustav Meyrink
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Theodor Storm
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Duizend en één Nacht. Arabische vertellingen. Vierde deel
Anonymous
Date unknownDutch
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Ibong Adarna
Anonymous
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Jean-Christophe, Volume 2
Romain Rolland
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Kalevala
Elias Lönnrot
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Kalevala (1862): Lyhennetty laitos
Elias Lönnrot
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La Légende des siècles tome II
Victor Hugo, François Flameng
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La carrosse aux deux lézards verts
René Boylesve
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Le chateâu des Carpathes
Jules Verne
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Les misérables Tome I: Fantine
Victor Hugo
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Les misérables Tome III: Marius
Victor Hugo
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Les évangiles des quenouilles
de Cambray Fouquart, Antoine Duval, d'Arras Jean, Colard Mansion
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Ludwig Bechsteins Märchenbuch
Ludwig Bechstein, Ludwig Richter
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Märchen-Almanach auf das Jahr 1826
Wilhelm Hauff
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Välskärin kertomuksia 2
Zacharias Topelius, Juhani Aho
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Ιφιγένεια εν Αυλίδι
481? BCE-407 BCE Euripides, Ioannis Fragkias
Date unknownGreek
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Ορέστης
481? BCE-407 BCE Euripides, Voutierides, El. P.
Date unknownGreek
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De Ellendigen (Deel 4 van 5)
Victor Hugo
Date unknownDutch
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El libro de las mil noches y una noche; t. 2
Anonymous, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Joseph Charles Mardrus
Date unknownSpanish
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Eneida; v. 2 de 2
71 BCE-20 BCE Virgil, Miguel Antonio Caro
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I misteri del castello d'Udolfo, vol. 1
Ann Ward Radcliffe
Date unknownItalian
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Jean-Christophe VIII
Romain Rolland
Date unknownFinnish