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.
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- 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
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Fabulae Aesopi latinae factae per Rinucium . Vita Aesopi. Anonymus Neveleti. Fabulae latinae factae per Romulum. Fabulae extravagantes. Fabulae Aviani. Fabulae collectae ex Aldefonso, Poggio Fiorentino et aliis
Flavius Avianus, Petrus Alfonsi, Romulus, Ésope
1481Latin
Postcolonial Ghosts
Mélanie Joseph-Vilain, Judith Misrahi-Barak, Virginie Barrier-Roiron, Tithi Bhattacharya, Maurizio Calbi, Anthony Carrigan, Sheila Collingwood-Whittick, Teresa Gibert, Dave Gunning, Martine Hennard Dutheil de la Rochère, Prudence Layne, John McLeod, Esther Peeren, John Potts, Ashraf H. A Rushdy, Elsa Sacksick, Eleonora Sasso, Colette Selles, Myriam Suchet, Mélanie Torrent, Gerry Turcotte, Michela Vanon Alliata, Kerry-Jane Wallart, Timothy Weiss
2009
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Le livre de ce qu'il y a dans l'Hadès
Gustave Jéquier
1894French

Medieval myths
Norma Lorre Goodrich
1960
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Quibus Atheniensium diebus festis fabulae in scaenam rommissae sint, dissertatio inauguralis philologica quam... publice defendet Maximilianus Schmerl
Maximilianus Schmerl
1879Latin

Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid
Jan Harold Brunvand
2004
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Kurtzer und gründlicher Entwurff der funffzehnjährigen Campagnen seiner Majestät Carl des XII. der Schweden, Gothen und Wenden Königes: worinnen dessen notable Kriegsgeschichte, nebst den dabey vorgefallenen grossen Verrichtunge, Märchen, Reisen und Begebenheiten von Anfang biß gegenwärtig, auf dessen wunderbare Retour aus dem türckischen Gebiete, und noch fürwehrende tapffere Beschirmung seiner deutschen Provintzien, in einigen Theilen beschrieben und continuirt
Andreas Westphal
1716German
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Bassledang. Zeitvertreib in Sagen und Schwaenken aus dem Elsass von Theodor Reinhart [= Th. Renaud.]
Theodor Renaud
1877German
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Die Sagen des Elsasses getreu nach der Volksüberlieferung, den Chroniken und anderngedruckten und handschriftlichen Quellen gesammelt von August Stöber (Neue Ausgabe besorgt von Curt Mündel)
Auguste Stoeber
1892German
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Elsässisches Volksbüchlein
Auguste Stoeber
1859German
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Schweizer-Sagen in Balladen, Romanzen und Legenden. Neue Sammlung
Friedrich Otte
1842German

Superstate
Graham Coxon, Helen Mullane, Alex Paknadel
2021
Aleister Crowley and Western esotericism
Henrik Bogdan, Martin P. Starr, Wouter J. Hanegraaff
2012

Bienes historie
Maja Lunde
2015

Pegasus in Space
Anne McCaffrey, Sharon Williams
2000

Romance of the three kingdoms
Luo Guanzhong, C. H. Brewitt-Taylor
1644Chinese
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Παραμύθια της Χαλιμάς Τόμος 1
Date unknownGreek
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Χαλιμά, Τόμος 2
Date unknownGreek
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Χαλιμά, Τόμος 3
Date unknownGreek
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Alsa-Bilder. Vaeterlaendische Sagen und Geschichten, mit Anmerkungen
Adolf Stöber, Auguste Stoeber
1836

Breaking the magic spell
Jack David Zipes
1979
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La mythologie dans l'art ancien et moderne. suivie d'un appendice sur les origines de la mythologie (2e édition)
Eugène Véron, René Ménard
1880French
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Le livre des merveilles
Nathaniel Hawthorne
1858French
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Natalis Comitis Mythologiae, sive explicationis fabularum libri decem... nuper ab ipso autore recogniti et locupletati. Ejusdem libri IIII de venatione... Addita Mythologia Musarum, Geofredo Linocerio uno libello comprehensa, et nunc recens a F. S. (Friderico Sylburgio) multis et foedis mendis expurgata
Geoffroy Linocier, Natale Conti
1605Latin