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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The dreamer of dreams
consort of Ferdinand I Marie Queen
1889
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The earthly paradise
William Morris
1868
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The historical Jesus and mythical Christ
Gerald Massey
1880
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The legend of good women
Geoffrey Chaucer
1889

The medicine woman inner guidebook
Carol Bridges
1987
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The origins of popular superstitions and customs
T. Sharper Knowlson
1910
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The supernatural in romantic fiction
Edward Yardley
1880
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Three Carrier myths
Adrien Gabriel Morice
1895
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Traditions of the North American Indians
James Athearn Jones
1830
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Tragoediae
Seneca the Younger, Lucius Annaeus Seneca
1513
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Vice versâ
F Anstey
1883NOT
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While sewing sandals
Emma Rauschenbusch-Clough
1899

American Tall Tales
Adrien Stoutenburg, Adrien Stoutenberg
1966

Crane Wife
Odds Bodkin
1998

The Joy Luck Club
Amy Tan, Gwendoline Yeo, Tsai Chin, Ronald Bass, Wayne Wang, Jordi Fibla
1989

The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
Albert Camus
1955

The Vinland Sagas
Anonymous
1965

Beyond the Blue Event Horizon
Frederik Pohl
1980

Dawn
V.C. Andrews
1990

World mythology
Donna Rosenberg
1986

Amongst Women
John McGahern
1990

Circe
Madeline Miller
2018

Hayyim's Ghost
Eric A. Kimmel
2004

Memory
Lois McMaster Bujold
1996