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
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A. F Pott
1844German
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A. F Pott
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Richard Andree
1891German
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Gustav Schwab
1840German
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Dix-huit ans chez les sauvages
Henry Faraud, Henri bp. of Anemour Faraud
1866French
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Ero e Leandro
Arrigo Boito
1883Italian
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Eros in der Vasenmalerei
Adolf Furtwängler
1874German
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Eschyle
Aeschylus
1872French
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Essays und Studien zur Sprachgeschichte und Volkskunde
Gustav Meyer
1893German
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Fables Inedites Des XIIe, XIIIe Et XIVe Siecles, Precedes D’Une Notice Sur Les Fabulistes, (Vol.I)
La Fontaine Jean De, A. C. M Robert
1825French
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Fables Inedites Des XIIe, XIIIe Et XIVe Siecles, Precedes D’Une Notice Sur Les Fabulistes, (Vol.II)
La Fontaine Jean De, A. C. M Robert
1825French