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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Euripide
Euripides
1831
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Euripides the rationalist
Arthur Woollgar Verrall
1895
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Existence and deity illustrated and explained
Robert Shaw
1872
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Fable and song in Italy
Ellen Mary Clerke
1899
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Fables
John Gay
1775
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Fables By the Let Mr. Gay with its Translation Into Urdu Poetry
Raja Kali-Krishna Bahadur, Gay
1836
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Fabliaux; or, Tales, abridged from French Manuscripts of the XIIth and XIIIth Centuries, in Three Volumes, Vol. I
Notes and Appendix Ellis. Pref., M. de Legrand, Tr. Way
1815
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Fabliaux; or, Tales, abridged from French Manuscripts of the XIIth and XIIIth Centuries, in Three Volumes, Vol. II
Notes and Appendix Ellis. Pref., M. de Legrand, Tr. Way
1815
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Fabliaux; or, Tales, abridged from French Manuscripts of the XIIth and XIIIth Centuries, in Three Volumes, Vol. III
Notes and Appendix Ellis. Pref., M. de Legrand, Tr. Way
1815
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Festial
John Mirk
1486ENM
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Flood, field and forest
George Rooper
1869
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Flowerdeluce and Three Books of Song by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
1873
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Flyv Verden rundt paa damphed Baad. Weimar, 30 Mai, 1852
Hans Christian Andersen
1852
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Folk and hero tales
Duncan MacInnes
1890
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Folk lore of East Yorkshire
John Nicholson of Hull
1890
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Folk-lore of Shakespeare
Thomas Firminger Thomas-Dyer
1883
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Folklore
Folklore Society
1890
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Folklore: What is it and what is the Good of It?
Edwin Sidney Hartland
1899
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Forty years in a moorland parish
J. C. Atkinson
1891
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Future punishment
Randolph H McKim
1883
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Gaelic folk tales
Mary Grant O'Sheridan
1909
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Gelesen 18 - 21 Jan 1844, gedruckt im jahr 1846, Wilhelm Grimm
Wilhelm Grimm
1844
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Germania
P. Cornelius Tacitus
1652
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Germanic origins
Francis Barton Gummere
1892