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
- Read free
Orestes
Harry Lyman Koopman
1888
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Origin of language and myths
Morgan Kavanagh, Morgan Peter Kavanagh
1871
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Our dumb companions, or, Conversations of a father with his children about dogs, horses, donkeys, and cats
Thomas Jackson
1864
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Papers and transactions
International Folk-lore Congress
1892
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Pawnee hero stories and folk-tales, with notes on the origin, custom and character of the Pawnee people
George Bird Grinnell
1893
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Pericles, prince of Tyre
George Wilkins
1857
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Perseus and Andromeda
Lewis Theobald
1730
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Petland revisited
John George Wood
1884
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Pictures of Christian heroism
Henry Edward Manning
1800
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Plates illustrating the Hindu Pantheon, reprinted from the work of Major Edward Moor
Edward Moor
1861
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Plays
John Sir Vanbrugh
1730
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Plays
Charles Gildehaus
1888
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Poems
Publius Vergilius Maro
1875
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Polynesian mythology and ancient traditional history of the New Zealanders
George Grey Turner
1800
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Pope's Homer's Iliad
Όμηρος
1897
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Pope's The Iliad of Homer, books I, VI, XXII, and XXIV
Όμηρος
1899
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Pope's translation of Homer's Iliad
Όμηρος
1898
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Pope; the Iliad of Homer
Όμηρος
1899
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Pope; the Iliad of Homer, books I. VI. XXII. XXIV
Όμηρος
1899
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Popular English specimens of the Greek Dramatic poets...
Aeschylus
1831
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Popular customs and beliefs of the Argentine provinces
Paul Groussac
1893
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Popular traditions of Glasgow
Andrew Wallace
1889
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Princess Ilse
Marie Petersen
1868
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Provisional list of annual ceremonies at Walpi
Jesse Walter Fewkes
1895