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
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- 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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Dissertazione due dell' ab. Gio. Girolamo Carli, segretario perpetuo della R. accademia delle scienze, arti, e belle lettere di Mantova
Giovanni Girolamo Carli
1785Italian
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Griechische Märchen, Sagen und Volkslieder
Bernhard Schmidt
1877German
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Iconologia deorum, oder Abbildung der götter
Joachim von Sandrart, Christian Sigmund Froberger, Christoph Riegel, Georg Christoph Eimmart, Susanna Maria von Sandrart
1680German
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Images des héros et des grands hommes de l'antiquité
Giovanni Angelo Canini
1731French
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Naturgeschichte der Sage
Julius Braun
1864German
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On some Japanese legends
Charles Wycliffe Goodwin, Asiatic Society of Japan
1875
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Sagen des Morgenlandes
Julius Kossarski
1852NOT
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The British history
Bishop of St. Asaph Geoffrey of Monmouth, of Monmouth Geoffrey
1718
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Ueber die alten und neuen Mysterien
Johann August Starck, Daniel Berger, Duke University. Library. Jantz Collection. German Baroque Literature, G. W Hoffmann, Johann August von Starck
1782German
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Wendische sagen, Märchen und abergläubische Gebräuche
Edmund Veckenstedt
1880German
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Abrégé de l'Origine de tous les cultes
Dupuis, 1742-1809 author Dupuis, Charles François Dupuis
1821French
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In the Seven Mountains
Henry W Shoemaker
1913
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Magic in Popular Narratives
Jan Kajfosz
2021
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Miscellanies
Harriet Martineau
1836
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Paranormal Britain
Christopher D Bader, Joseph O Baker, Tom Clark
2026
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Storied and Supernatural Places
Daniel Sävborg, Ülo Valk
2018
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The Search for the First Americans
Robert Davis
2021
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The healing waters of Bethesda
Claudius Buchanan
1811
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Yearning for Immortality
Rune Nyord
2025
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African folk-lore
L
1878
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Anecdotes and traditions, illustrative of early English history and literature, derived from MS sources
William John Thoms
1839
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David Cusick's sketches of ancient history of the Six Nations
David Cusick
1827
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Litauische Märchen, Sprichworte, Rätsel und Lieder
August Schleicher
1857German
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Oiḋe ċloinne Lir
Richard J. O'Duffy, Brian O'Looney, Society for the Preservation of the Irish Language
1883