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
- Read free
Kathāsaritsāgara
Somadeva Bhatta
1839
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Khaled, a tale of Arabia
Francis Marion Crawford
1891
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Khirad-Afroz (the Illuminator of the Understanding) New Edition of the Hindustani Text
Edward Ed. Eastwick, Hafizu’d-din
1867
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L'Heptaméron
consort of Henry II Marguerite Queen
1740
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L'espurgatoire seint Patriz of Marie de France
Marie de France
1894
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Lancashire Folk-Lore: Illustrative of the Superstitious Beliefs and Practices, Local Customs and Usages of the People of the County Palatine
John Harland, Comp. and Ed. Wilkinson
1867
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Lays and Legends of Thomond
Michael Hogan
1880
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Lectures on the origin and growth of religion as illustrated by Celtic heathendom
John Sir Rhys
1888
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Legend in Japanese art
Henri L. Joly
1908
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Legend of the fin-back whale crest of the Haidas, Queen Charlotte' s Island, B.C
James Deans
1892
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Legends & superstitions of the county of Durham
William Brockie
1886
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Legends of Galloway; Being a Series of Traditions, Illustrative of Its Ancient History, Customs, Manners, and Superstitions
James Denniston
1825
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Legends of the Madonna, as Represented in the Fine Arts: Forming the Third Series of Sacred and ..
Anna Jameson
1800
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Legends of the Micmacs
Silas Tertius Rand
1894
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Legends of the blessed sacrament
Emily Mary Shapcote
1877
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Lehrbuch der griechischen und römischen Mythologie
Friedrich August Nösselt
1828
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Les aventures de Télémaque
François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon
1719French
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Les lettres de mon moulin
Alphonse Daudet, Editions Editions AOJB, Didier Hallépée, Editions du Rey, José Roy, Fraipont
1869
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Lessons from the history of medical delusions
Worthington Hooker
1850
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Little Red Riding Hood
Andrew Lang
1890
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London in the Olden Time; or, Tales intended to illustrate the Manners and Superstitions of its Inhabitants, from the Twelfth to the Sixteenth Century
H Laurence
1825
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Long-Fellow: Hiawatha, poëme indo-américain
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Howard Nemerov
1860
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Lore and legend of the English Church
Geo. S Tyack
1899
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Lucius Junius Brutus
Nathaniel Lee
1681