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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How the buffalo lost his crown
John H. Beacom
1894
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Icelandic Legends, Vol. I
Jon Arnason, Eirikur Magnusson, George Tr. Powell
1864
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Icelandic Legends, Vol. II, 2nd Series
Jon Arnason, Eirikur Magnusson, George Tr. Powell
1866
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Ilam-En-Nas: Historical Tales and Anecdotes of the time of the Early Khalifahs; translated from the Arabic
Al-Atlidi, Godfrey Clerk
1873
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Imagines
Philostratus the Athenian, Philostratus the Lemnian
1637
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In Fairy Land; a Series of Pictures from the Olf-World; with a Poem
William Allingham, Richard Doyle
1870
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Indian Infanticide: Its Origin, Progress and Suppression
John Cave-Browne
1857
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Indian fairy tales
Mark Thornhill
1888
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Indian myths, or, Legends, traditions, and symbols of the aborigines of America
Ellen Russell Emerson
1884
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Indian nights' entertainment, or, Folk-tales from the upper Indus
Charles Swynnerton
1892
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Indian researches, or, Facts concerning the North American Indians
Benjamin Slight
1844
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India’S Cries to British Humanity, relative to the Suttee, Infanticide, British Connexion with Idolatary, Ghaut Muders, and Slavery in India; to which is added Humane Hints for the Melioation of the State of Society in British India (Second Edition)
J Peggs
1830
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Instructive Tales by Mrs. Trimmer. Collected from the Family Magazine
Sarah Trimmer
1812
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Introduction [to James Teit's Traditions of the Thompson River Indians of British Columbia]
Franz Boas
1898
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Introduction to a scientific system of mythology
Karl Otfried Müller
1844
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Introduction to the study of art-mythology
Emil Braun
1856
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Iphigenia among the Taurians
Euripides
1891
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Iphigénie
Jean Racine
1769
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Jakata
Edward B. Cowell, Robert Chalmers
1895
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Japan in history, folk lore and art
William Elliot Griffis
1892
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Joannis Pierii Valeriani Bellunensis Hieroglyphica, sive, De sacris Aegyptiorum aliarumque gentium literis, commentariorum libri LVIII
Pierio Valeriano, Valeriano Bolzani, Giovanni Pierio
1556Latin
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John Sherman
William Butler Yeats
1891
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Kalila and Dimna; or, Fables of Bidpai, Tr. from Arabic
Knatchbull Wyndham
1819
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Kamala
Krupabai Satthianadhan
1894