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
- Read free
The thousand and one nights
Edward William Lane
1877
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The thunder-bird amongst the Algonkins
Alexander Francis Chamberlain
1890
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The tragedies of Euripides
Euripides
1808
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The tragic drama of the Greeks
Arthur Elam Haigh
1896
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The washer of the ford, and other legendary moralities
Fiona MacLeod
1896
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The women of Turkey and their folk-lore
Lucy Mary Jane Garnett, John Stuart Stuart - Glennie
1890
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The worship and traditions of the aborigines of America, or, Their testimony to the religion of the Bible
Myron Eells
1884
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Thebais
Alfred Klotz, Publius Papinius Statius
1570
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Théâtre complet
Jean Racine
1844
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This is of Aucassin and Nicolette, a song-tale of true lovers
M. S. Henry, Edward William Thomson
1896
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Three Dramas Of Euripides
Euripides
1889
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Three Irish bardic tales
John Todhunter
1896
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Three Notelets on Shakespeare 1. Shakespeare in Germany by William J. Thomas
William John Thomas
1865
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Three notelets on Shakespeare..
William John Thoms
1865
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To the Andes
Thomas MacFarlane
1877
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Totem tales
Walter Shelley Phillips
1896
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Traditins Of Lancashire, 2Nd Series, In Two Vols
Roby J
1831
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Traditins of Lancashire (in Two Volumes, Vol.I)
J Roby
1830
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Traditins of Lancashire (in Two Volumes, Vol.II)
J Roby
1830
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Traditions and superstitions of the New Zealanders
Edward Shortland
1854
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Traditions of the Thompson River Indians of British Columbia ..
James Alexander Teit
1898
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Traditions of the Ts'ets'å'ut
Franz Boas
1896
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Tragoediae
Aeschylus
1777
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Travels in West Africa
Mary Henrietta Kingsley
1897