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
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
Gods and myths of northern Europe
Hilda Roderick Ellis Davidson
1960
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La mythologie de tous les temps, de tous les lieux et de tous les peuples
Louis-Nicolas Bescherelle
1854French
Slightly Dangerous
Mary Balogh
2004
The Stardust Thief
Chelsea Abdullah
2022
Cabal
Clive Barker
1988
Erzählungen der Chassidim
Martin Buber
1947
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Hercule et Cacus
Michel Bréal
1863French
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Imagines deorum, qui ab antiquis colebantur ([Reprod.])
Vincenzo Cartari
1581Latin
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La légende d'Oedipe étudiée dans l'Antiquité, au Moyen âge et dans les temps modernes, en particulier dans le "Roman de Thèbes"
Léopold Constans
1880French
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Les Légendes des Pyrénées (3e éd.)
Karl Des Monts
1860French
Mama
Terry McMillan, Mcmillan, Marjorie Johnson
1987
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Mythologiae sive explicationis fabularum libri decem
Natale Conti
1637Latin
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Mythologie japonaise
Abbé Mounicou, Le de la Société des missions étrangères Mounicou
1863French
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Panthéon égyptien, collection des personnages mythologiques de l'ancienne Égypte, d'après les monuments
Jean-François Champollion
1823French
Penmarric
Susan Howatch
1971
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Petit musée mythologique, ou Fables et métamorphoses de la mythologie grecque et romaine présentées en tableaux ; suivi de la Description des principales statues représentant des sujets mythologiques qui ornent les jardins de Versailles et des Tuileries
Théodore Lévi Alvarès
1876French
The dream-quest of unknown Kadath
H.P. Lovecraft
1955
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Hippolyte porte-couronne. Edition 2
Euripide
1860French
I am Legend and Other Stories
Richard Matheson
1970
Le mythe de Sisyphe
Albert Camus
1941Spanish
Magician
Raymond E. Feist
1982
The Táin
Thomas Kinsella, Louis Le Brocquy
1970
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De la mythologie indienne de la côte de Malabar et de la péninsule de l'Inde
Jean-Philippe-Paul Jourdain
1845French
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Essai sur la mythologie égyptienne
Paul Pierret
1879French