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
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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
Zur Volkskunde
Felix Liebrecht
1879German
- Read free
Zur albanesischen volkskunde
Holger Pedersen
1898German
- Read free
Zur volkskunde der Siebenbürger Sachsen
Josef Haltrich
1885German
- Read free
Études de mythologie et d'archéologie égyptiennes
Gaston Maspero
1893French
D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths
Ingri Parin D'Aulaire, Edgar Parin D'Aulaire
1962
Demonology and Witchcraft
Jean-Pierre Coumont
2004
Lumberjanes
Shannon Watters, Kat Leyh, ND Stevenson, Brooklyn Allen, Grace Ellis
2019
Snow White
Gebrüder Grimm [Brothers Grimm], Wilhelm Grimm, Paul Heins, Trina Schart Hyman
1974
Tales of Greek Heroes
Roger Lancelyn Green, Betty Middleton-Sandford
1958
Legend of the poinsettia
Tomie dePaola
1994
Seven daughters & seven sons
Barbara Cohen
1982
The Sun and the Star
Rick Riordan, Mark Oshiro
2023
Momo oder Die seltsame Geschichte von den Zeit-Dieben und von dem Kind, das den Menschen die gestohlene Zeit zurückbrachte
Michael Ende
1973
The Door in the Hedge
Robin McKinley
1981
Baum's American Fairy Tales
L. Frank Baum
1901
Lille pige med svovlstikkerne
Hans Christian Andersen, Bill Bowler
1944
Mythology
Edith Hamilton, Jim Tierney
1940
Scary stories to tell in the dark
Alvin Schwartz
1605
Something from nothing
Phoebe Gilman
1989
Test of the Twins
Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman
1986
The Egyptian Cinderella
Shirley Climo
1989
The Elves and the Shoemaker
Gebrüder Grimm [Brothers Grimm]
1965
The Mitten
Alvin Tresselt
1964
Cendrillon
Charles Perrault, Marcia Brown
1800