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
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
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Robin Hood; a collection of all the ancient poems, songs, and ballads
Joseph Ritson, Joseph Frank, Thomas Bewick, Joseph fl. 1780-1830 Frank
1795
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Rush-bearing: an account of the old custom of strewing rushes
Alfred Burton
1891
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Sagen,Marchen Und Bebranche Aus Metlenburg,Pommern,Der Mart
Kuhn
1848
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Saint Andrew
Peter Ross
1886
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Sanskrit and its kindred literatures
Laura Elizabeth Poor
1880
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Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales
George Brisbane Douglas
1893
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Selected Tales of the Genii, 2nd ed
Ed. Whately
1861
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Selected essays on language, mythology and religion
F. Max Müller
1881
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Semitic influence in Hellenic mythology
Robert Brown
1898
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Serious reflection and other contributions
George Aberigh Mackary
1881
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Sesame and Lilies, three lectures
John Ruskin, Jhon Rusin
1800
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Siege of Thebes
John Lydgate
1497
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Silva gadelica (I-XXXI)
Standish Hayes O'Grady
1892
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Silvae
Publius Papinius Statius, David R. Shackleton Bailey
1472
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Sketches of Portuguese Life, Manners, Costume and Character
A. P. D G.
1826
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Sketches of the history, manners & customs of the North American Indians, with a plan for their melioration
James Buchanan
1824
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Sophokles
Sophocles, Georg Thudichum
1851German
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Specification of a Cinerator for the use of Brahmins and other Hindoo Castes who perform their Funeral Rites by Burning also Notes on Cremation and on Native Burials
Thomas Maj Martin
1864
Spectral Arctic
2018
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Stories from the rabbis
A. S. Isaacs
1893
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Stories of Strange Lands and Fragments from the Notes of a Traveller
R. Mrs Lee
1835
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Stories of the magicians
Alfred John Church
1886
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Stray Leaves of Science and Folk-Lore
J Scoffern
1870
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Sverrissaga
Karl Jónsson
1834Icelandic