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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Myths of the Cherokees
James Mooney
1888
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Myths, scenes & worthies of Somerset
Charlotte Gilson Allen Boger
1887
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Médée
Ernest Legouvé
1856French
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Natural History, Lore and Legend: Being Some Few Examples of Quaint and By-gone Beliefs Gathered ..
F. Edward Hulme
1895
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Natural history, lore and legend : being some few examples of quaint and by-gone beliefs gathered in from divers authorities, ancient and mediaeval, of varying degrees of reliability
F. Edward Hulme
1895
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Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular
Charles Colcock Jones Jr
1888
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Neue Theorie Zur Erklärung Der Griechischen Mythologie: Nebst Besondern Zu Ihr Gehbrigen ...
Karl Friedrich Dornedden
1802
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New Pantheon
George Crabb
1854
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New folklore researches
Lucy Mary Jane Garnett
1896
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Norseland tales
Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
1894
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North-west Slav legends and fairy stories
Karel Jaromír Erben
1897
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Northern folk-lore on wells and water
Alexander Fraser
1878
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Notes on certain passages of the Agamemnon of Aeschylus
G. J. Adler
1861
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Notes on the aboriginal terminology of the Genesee River
George Henry Harris
1889
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Observations on Popular Antiquities: Including the Whole of Mr. Bourne's ...
John Brand, Henry Bourne
1777
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Observations upon the topography & climate of Crowborough Hill, Sussex
C. L. Prince
1885
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Observations upon the topography and climate of Crowborough Hill, Sussex
C. L. Prince
1898
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Oeuvres completes de Jean de La Fontaine : avec des notes et une nouvelle notice sur sa vie
Jean de La Fontaine
1840
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Of the friendship of Amis and Amile.
William Morris
1894
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Old horse Gray, and the parish of Grumbleton
Edward Hopper
1869
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On masks, labrets, and certain aboriginal customs
William Healey Dall
1884
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On the legend of Tristan
Edward Tyrrell Leith
1868
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On the track of Ulysses
William James Stillman
1888
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Orang-outang, sive, Homo sylvestris, or, The anatomy of a pygmie compared with that of a monkey, an ape, and a man
Edward Tyson
1699