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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Exercice qui a eu lieu le 5.e jour complémentaire de l'an 6 de la République française, une et indivible, à l'Institution nationale des colonies, ci-devant collége de la Marche, sur les mathématiques, la langue latine et la mythologie, en présence du Ministre de la marine et des colonies, de plusieurs représentans du peuple, et d'un grand concours de citoyens.. Numéro 4A
1798French
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Isländische Volkssagen der Gegenwart... gesammelt und verdeutscht von Dr. Konrad Maurer
1860German
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Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire, de géographie, de mythologie et de biographie. Tome 1
1889French
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An essay on that earliest species of idolatry
James Christie
1814NOT
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At home in Fiji
Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming
1881
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Beyond UFOs: The 18-Year Scientific Quest That Unveiled the Hidden Truth of Light and Energy"
Faisal Mohammed Zaid Al-Sairam
2025
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Das weihwasser im heidnischen und christlichen cultus
Heino Pfannenschmid
1869

Die Apokryphen... Bd. 1
Richard Adelbert Lipsius
1883German

Die Apokryphen... Bd. 2, H. 1
Richard Adelbert Lipsius
1887German

Die Apokryphen... Bd. 2, H. 2
Richard Adelbert Lipsius
1884German

Die Apokryphen... Bd. Ergänzungsheft
Richard Adelbert Lipsius
1890German

Die Volkssagen Ostpreußens, Litthauens und Westpreußens. Neue Ausgabe
Jodocus D. H Temme, Temme Jodocus D. H Tettau Wilhelm Johann Albert, Wilhelm Johann Albert Tettau
1865German
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Fables ancient and modern
John Dryden
1700
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Fairy dreams, or, Wanderings in elf-land
Jane G. Austin, Jane Jane Goodwin Austin
1859
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Flowers and their associations
Anne Pratt
1840
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Friends and foes from fairy land
Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen Baron Brabourne, Brabourne
1886
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Greek folk-songs from the Turkish provinces of Greece ..
Lucy Mary Jane Garnett
1885

Handbuch der litauischen Sprache: T. 2
August Schleicher
1857German

Heilsberg aus Geschichte und Sage seit seiner Gründung bis in die neueste Zeit
Peter A
1888German
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Il pentamerone
Giovanni Battista Basile, Giambattista Basile
1728NOT
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Notes on the folklore of the Fjort (French Congo)
Richard Edward Dennett
1898

Ostpreussen. Bd 10
Clasen Karl Heine
1828German
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The Denham tracts
Michael Aislabie Denham
1892
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The Heroïdes
Ovid, Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.|* Ovid
1852