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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The Manuscripts of the Duke of Athole, K.T., and of the Earl of Home
Great Britain
1891Albanian
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The Medea of Euripides
Euripides
1881
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The Medea of Seneca
Seneca the Younger
1896
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The Odyssey of Homer rendered into English verse
Όμηρος
1879
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The Odyssey of Homer; books I-XII
Όμηρος
1880
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The Olympian and Pythian odes of Pindar
Pindar
1876
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The Orestes of Euripides
Euripides
1821Greek
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The Ottawan
J. C Wright
1895
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The Pantheon
Samuel Boyse
1809
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The Pantheon, representing the fabulous histories of the heathen gods and most illustrious heroes
Andrew Tooke
1816
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The Prometheus and Agamemnon of Aeschylus
Aeschylus
1849
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The Rhine
Frederick Knight Hunt
1845
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The San Grëal
Frédéric Guillaume Bergmann
1870
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The Scripture history of idolatry
Joseph F. Berg
1838
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The Shahnama
Ferdowsi
1905
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The Shrine of Death
Emilia Francis Strong Lady Dilke
1886
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The Silly jelly-fish / told in English by B. H. Chamberlain
Basil Hall Chamberlain
1887
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The Snowdrop
Grace C. Floyd
1800
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The Social and Political Dependence of Women
1867
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The Story of Damon and Pythias
Laban M. T. Hill
1878
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The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. Session 1892-93
Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion
1893
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The adventures of Hajji Baba, of Ispahan, in England
James Justinian Morier
1828
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The adventures of the Panjáb hero rájá Rasálu and other folk-tales of the Panjáb
Charles Swynnerton
1884
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The birth and growth of myth
Edward Clodd
1884