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
- Read free
Geschiedenis van het heglighe Cruys; or, History of the Holy Cross
J. Ph Berjeau
1863
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Gesta Romanorum
Charles Swan
1824
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Gesta Romanorum Or Entertaining Moral Sotries In 2 Vols
Swan Charles
1826
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Glorie di Maria
Alphonsus Maria de Liguori
1800
- Read free
Golspie: contributions to its folklore
Edward Williams Byron Nicholson
1897
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Grecian and Roman mythology
Mary Ann Dwight, Tayler Lewis
1849
- Read free
Greek folk poesy
Lucy Mary Jane Garnett
1896
- Read free
Haida stories and beliefs
Charles Hill-Tout
1898
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Hamlet in Iceland
Israel Gollancz
1898
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Hebrew Idolatry And Superstition
Elford Higgens
1893
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Hebrew mythology
Milton Woolley
1888
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Hebrew tales
Hyman Hurwitz
1826
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Helge-digtene i den Ældre Edda
Sophus Bugge
1899
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Herakles
Euripides
1889
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Herbort's von Fritzlâr Liet von Troye
Herbort von Fritzlar, Frederick Henry Sykes
1837
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Hercules furens
Seneca the Younger
1845
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Hermes Britannicus
William Lisle Bowles
1828
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Heroic Romances of Ireland
Arthur Herbert Leahy
1905
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Heroicus
Philostratus the Athenian
1806Ancient Greek
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Highland Rambles, And Long Legends To Shorten The Way, In Two Vols
Lauder Thomas Dick
1837
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Historia regum Britanniae
Bishop of St. Asaph Geoffrey of Monmouth, Tysilio, Albert Schulz
1585
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Historical personality of Hamlet
Robert Gordon Latham
1872
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History of the Suppression of Infanticide in Western India; under the Government of Bombay; including Notices of the Provinces and Tribes in which the Practice has prevailed
John Wilson
1855
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Homer
W. Lucas Collins, Homer Odyssey English
1870