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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The Babes in the Wood
Anonymous
Date unknown
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The Basket Woman: A Book of Indian Tales for Children
Mary Austin
Date unknown
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The Book of Romance
Andrew Lang, Harry Stirling Crawfurd Everard, Mrs Lang, Henry Justice Ford
Date unknown
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The Boy Apprenticed to an Enchanter
Padraic Colum, Dugald Stewart Walker
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The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch
46-120? Plutarch, John John Stuart White
Date unknown
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The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10)
Eva March Tappan
Date unknown
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The Christmas Makers' Club
Edith Edith Augusta Sawyer, Ada Clendenin Williamson
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The Comical Creatures from Wurtemberg
Unknown, Herrmann Ploucquet
Date unknown
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The Cricket's Friends: Tales Told by the Cricket, Teapot, and Saucepan
Virginia Virginia Wales Johnson
Date unknown
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The Dragon of Wantley: His Tale
Owen Wister, John Stewardson
Date unknown
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The Elm Tree Tales
F. Burge Griswold
Date unknown
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The Elves of Mount Fern
Katherine Creighton
Date unknown
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The Emerald Story Book
Ada Ada Maria Skinner, Eleanor Eleanor Louise Skinner, Maxfield Parrish
Date unknown
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The Faery Queen and Her Knights: Stories Retold from Edmund Spenser
Alfred John Church, Edmund Spenser
Date unknown
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The Fairy Godmothers and Other Tales
Alfred Gatty
Date unknown
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The Fairy Green
Rose Fyleman
Date unknown
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The Fairy Nightcaps
Aunt Fanny
Date unknown
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The Farmer Boy: The Story of Jacob
James Hartwell Willard
Date unknown
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The Flood
Anonymous
Date unknown
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The Flower Basket
Unknown
Date unknown
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The Flower Princess
Abbie Farwell Brown
Date unknown
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The Fox That Wanted Nine Golden Tails
Kathleen Gray Nelson, Albertine Randall Wheelan
Date unknown
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The Fox and the Geese; and The Wonderful History of Henny-Penny
Anonymous
Date unknown
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The Garnet Story Book: Tales of Cheer Both Old and New
Ada Ada Maria Skinner, Eleanor Eleanor Louise Skinner
Date unknown