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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Studier over de nordiske gude- og heltesagns oprindelse
Sophus Bugge
1881Danish
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Symbolae ad comparandam mythologiam vedicam cum mythologia germanica
Carl von Noorden
1855Latin
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The evil eye
Frederick Thomas Elworthy, E. C. Wines
1879
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Ueber den Ursprung und die vornehmsten Schicksale der Orden der Rosenkreuzer und Freymaurer
Johann Gottlieb Gerhard Buhle, Johann Gottlieb Buhle
1804NOT
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Volksglaube und religiöser brauch der Zigeuner
Heinrich von Wlislocki
1891German
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Volksglaube und religiöser brauch der Südslaven
Friedrich Salomo Krauss
1890German
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Volkssagen aus Pommern und Rügen
Ulrich Jahn
1886German
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Volkssagen, erzählungen, aberglauben, gebräuche und märchen aus dem östlichen Hinterpommern
Otto Knoop
1885German
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Volkstümliches aus Vögisheim im Badischen Markgräflerland
Albert Haass
1897German
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Vollständiges Wörterbuch der Mythologie aller Nationen
Wilhelm Vollmer, Carl Gottfried Wilhelm Vollmer
1836German

Poltergeist
Michelle Tolo
2022Norwegian (Bokmål)
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La mythologie des Japonais, d'après le Kokǔ-si-ryakǔ ou Abrégé des histoires du Japon
1875French
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Moeurs et mythologie des chinois
1857French

Atlántida
Jack DeMolay, José María Obregón
2008
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Conservatoire des sciences et des arts, ou Recueil de pieces intéressantes sur les antiquités, la mythologie, la peinture, la musique,.... Tome 1
1787French
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Exercices de mémoire et notions de mythologie
1866French
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Fabulae centum ex antiquis auctoribus delectae
1563Latin
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Petite bibliothèque économique et portative, ou Collection de résumés sur l'histoire et les sciences. tome XXX, Elémens de mythologie
1826French

Vampires & the Shadow World
Aurora Thorne
2025
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[Recueil factice d'article de presse concernant la description de vases antiques peints représentant Jason et la Toison d'or, Milligen]
1880German
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Abrégé de Mythologie en vers français à l'usage de la jeunesse des deux sexes
1832French
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Abrégé de mythologie en vers français à l'usage de la jeunesse des deux sexes
1812French
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Auctores octo [
1493Latin
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Dialogue sur la mythologie par deux professeurs
1863French