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.
Membership means relevance, not endorsement.
- 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
20,091 books
The art of fate calculation
Stéphanie Homola, Dominic Horsfall, Michael Lackner
2023
Poezye of Stanisław Trembecki. Volume I. - Ed. 4 p. zoom., with the addition of clarity to Zofijowka
Stanisław Trembecki
1836Polish
Dzieła poetyczne Stanisława Trembeckiego. Tom I. – Nowe zupełnie wyd
Stanisław Trembecki
1828Polish
The people around Żarek, Siewierz and Pilica, its customs, way of life, ceremonies, applications, gusła, superstitions, songs, games, proverbs, riddles and speech properties. PART 1
Michał Federowski
1888Polish
Fairy tales and parables for children
Szymon Zajączkowski
1841Polish
Uwagi rozumu i ludzkosci nad fałszem i ciemnotą zabobonów gusłów i t.d
Ignacy Lubicz Czerwiński
1817Polish
Zabawki w spoczynku po trudach
Anna Mostowska
1809Polish
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The pigeon & dove. The history of Betsey Harlow
Orlando.pbl Hodgson
1832
Allegorye starozytne w stosunku do I wieku, Sławnych ludzi Plutarcha i czasów bohatyrsko-mitologicznych
Filip Neriusz Golański
1801Polish
Bayki i powieści. T. 2
Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz
1817Polish
Bayki i powieści. [T. 1]
Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz
1817Polish
Dzieła poetyckie Ignacego Krasickiego
Ignacy Krasicki
1812Polish
Edyp, tragedya w pięciu aktach
Ignacy Humnicki
1827Polish
P. Owidjusza Nazona Przemiany
Publius Ovidius Naso
1825Latin
Works by Ignacy Krasicki. Volume II. - New and complete editions
Ignacy Krasicki
1824Polish
What rural people should read and what can be learned from books, or Book Guide
Tomek Piast pseud, Adam Zakrzewski
1885Polish
Lithuanian paintings, t.2
Ignacy Chodźko, Ignacy Chodźno
1840Polish
El Principito
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
1990Spanish
Masurian beliefs with an addition, containing threads and fairy tales of Masuria
Max Töppen
1894German
Fairy tales of Jozef Wincenty Łancuck
Józef Wincenty Łańcucki
1832Polish
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Der Entdeckte und von allen seinen Geheimnissen entblösste Freymaurer
1745German
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Des Sociétés Secrètes en Allemagne, et en d'Autres Contrées
Vincent Lombard de Langres
1819French
- Read free
Geschichte und Sagen der Städte und Dörfer, Burgen und Berge, Kirchen und Klöster des alten Schlesierlandes
Albert Geyer
1897NOT
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Legenden
1846German