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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Die Robin-Hood-Balladen, ein Beitrag zum Studium der englischen Volksdichtung, Inaugural-Dissertation... von Richard Fricke
Richard Fricke
1883German
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Fairy tales told again (3rd ed.)
1875
Ilium
Dan Simmons
2003
The Flame and the Flower
Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
1972
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Études de mythologie et d'archéologie égyptiennes. Vol. 1
Gaston Maspero
1892French
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L'héroisme (3e éd.)
Armand Renaud
1886French
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Le Rig-Véda et les origines de la mythologie indo-européenne. Première partie
Paul Regnaud
1892French
Ruins of the Rhine. Their Times and Traditions
Alfred von Reumont
1838
The Epic cosmos
James Larry Allums, Louise Cowan
1992
The Stepford Wives
Ira Levin
1972
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Essai sur les monuments grecs et romains relatifs au mythe de Psyché
Maxime Collignon
1877French
Geek love
Katherine Dunn
1989
House of Leaves
Mark Z. Danielewski
1998
Husband and Wife
Zeruya Shalev, Tseruyah Shaleòv
2002
In the flesh
Clive Barker
1986
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Les dieux antiques
Stéphane Mallarmé
1880French
The Clan of the Cave Bear
Jean M. Auel
1900
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Die Fabeln ([Reprod. en fac-sim.])
Marie de France
1898FRO
Fairy tales, legends and romances, illustrating Shakespeare and other early English writers
Joseph Ritson
1875
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Le Livre des merveilles, contes pour les enfants tirés de la mythologie. Deuxième partie. Partie 2
Nathaniel Hawthorne
1867French
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Le Livre des merveilles, contes pour les enfants tirés de la mythologie. Premiére partie. Partie 1
Nathaniel Hawthorne
1865French
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Mythologie, ou Explication des fables, oeuvre d'eminente doctrine, & d'agreable lecture . Cy-devant traduite par J. de Montlyard. Exactement reveüe en cette dernière édition, & augmentée d'un Traitté des Muses ; de plusieurs remarques fort curieuses ; de diverses moralitez touchant les principaux dieux ; et d'un Abbrégé de leurs images, par J. Baudoin
Jean Baudoin, Natale Conti
1627French
The vanishing hitchhiker
Jan Harold Brunvand
1981
The world guide to gnomes, fairies, elves, and other little people
Thomas Keightley
1978