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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A Complete View of the Dress and Habit of the People of England, from the establishment of the Saxons in Britain to the Present Time, illustrated by Engravings taken from the most Authentic remains of Antiquity to which id prefixed an Introduction, containing a General Description of the Ancient Habits in use among mankind, from the Earliest Period of Time to the conclusion of the Seventh Century, Vol. II
Joseph Strutt
1799ANG
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Aberglaube und sagen aus dem Herzogthum Oldenburg
Ludwig Strackerjan
1867German
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Acis et Galatée
Jean-Baptiste Lully
1686French
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Aggiunta ai Proverbi Toscani di Giuseppe Giusti
Giuseppe Giusti, Aurelio Gotti
1855Italian
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Ana; ou, Collection de Bons Mots, Contes, pensees detachees, traits d’Histoire et Anecdotes des Hommees Celebres depuis la renaissance des Lettres jusqu’a nos jours suivis d’un choix de propos joyeux, Mots Plaisans, reparties Fines et Contes a Rire, tires de differens recueils, Vol. I
Charles-Georges-Thomas Garnier
1696French
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Ana; ou, Collection de Bons Mots, Contes, pensees detachees, traits d’Histoire et Anecdotes des Hommees Celebres depuis la renaissance des Lettres jusqu’a nos jours suivis d’un choix de propos joyeux, Mots Plaisans, reparties Fines et Contes a Rire, tires de differens recueils, Vol. III
Charles-Georges-Thomas Garnier
1696French
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Ana; ou, Collection de Bons Mots, Contes, pensees detachees, traits d’Histoire et Anecdotes des Hommees Celebres depuis la renaissance des Lettres jusqu’a nos jours suivis d’un choix de propos joyeux, Mots Plaisans, reparties Fines et Contes a Rire, tires de differens recueils, Vol. V
Charles-Georges-Thomas Garnier
1696French
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Ana; ou, Collection de Bons Mots, Contes, pensees detachees, traits d’Histoire et Anecdotes des Hommees Celebres depuis la renaissance des Lettres jusqu’a nos jours suivis d’un choix de propos joyeux, Mots Plaisans, reparties Fines et Contes a Rire, tires de differens recueils, Vol. VII
Charles-Georges-Thomas Garnier
1696French
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Angebliche Argonautenbilder
Adam Flasch
1870German
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Anvar-I Suheli; or, Lights of Canopus; being the Persian version of the Fables of Bidpai
Husain Vaiz Kashifi, J. W. J. Lieut.-Col. Ouseley
1851Persian
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Aussercanonische Paralleltexte zu den Evangelien
Alfred Resch
1893German
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Beschreibung der isländischen Saga
Richard Heinzel
1881German
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Bibliografia delle tradizioni popolari d'Italia
Giuseppe Pitrè
1894Italian
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Calila et Dimna; ou, Fables de Bidpai en Arabe
Labid ibn Rabi’a, Silvestre de Sacy
1816French
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Catalogus sanctorum et gestorum eorum ex diversis voluminibus collectus
Petrus de Natalibus
1493Latin
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Chants Populaires De La Grece Moderne,recueillis Et Publies, Avec Une Traduction, Francaise, Des Eclaaircissements Et Des Notes, (Vol.I)
Fauriel C Comp
1824French
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Chants Populaires De La Grece Moderne,recueillis Et Publies, Avec Une Traduction, Francaise, Des Eclaaircissements Et Des Notes, (Vol.II)
Fauriel C Comp
1824French
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Cinderella; three hundred and forty-five variants of Cinderella, Catskin, and Cap o'Rushes
Marian Roalfe Cox, Marian Emily Roalfe Cox, Andrew Lang
1893
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Contes Historiques
Musset-pathay V D
1826French
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Contes Inedits des Mille et une Nuits; extracts from the Original Arabic, Vol. I
M. J. de Hammer, M. G.-Tr. Trebutien
1828French
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Contes Inedits des Mille et une Nuits; extracts from the Original Arabic, Vol. II
M. J. de Hammer, M. G.-Tr. Trebutien
1828French
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Contes Inedits des Mille et une Nuits; extracts from the Original Arabic, Vol. III
M. J. de Hammer, M. G.-Tr. Trebutien
1828French
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Contes des fées
Charles Perrault, Marie-Catherine Le Jumelle de Berneville comtesse d'Aulnoy, Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont
1800French
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Contes populaires de la Gascogne
Jean-François Bladé
1886French