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
20,091 books
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Légendes de l'Alsace
1872NOT
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Märchen und Gedichte aus der Stadt Tripolis in Nordafrika
Hans Stumme
1898German
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Volksmärchen
1858German
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"Cymru fu"
Isaac Foulkes
1862Welsh
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'tBosch der eremyten ende eremitinnen, van Aegypten ende Palestinen
Abraham Bloemaert
1644Dutch
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'tBosch der eremyten ende eremytinnen, van Aegypten ende Palestinen
Abraham Bloemaert
1619Dutch
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516 proverbi sul cavallo
Carlo Volpini
1896Italian

A Dictionary of Freemasonry
Robert Macoy
1989
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A manual of classical mythology; or, A companion to the Greek and Latin poets
Thomas Swinburne Carr
1846
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Aachens Liederkranz und Sagenwelt
Alfred von Reumont
1829German
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Acta Sancti Brendani
Patrick Francis Moran
1872Latin
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Adgar's Marienlegenden; nach der Londoner handschrift, Egerton 612
Adgar
1886German
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Adromède
Guillaume Lekeu
1890French
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Aeschyli Agamemnon ... Denuo recensuit ...
Aeschylus
1824Ancient Greek
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Aeschylos Eumeniden
Aeschylus
1833German
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Aischylou tragodiai
Aeschylus
1843Ancient Greek
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Alessandro e Bucefalo
Domenico barone di S. Egidio De Guidobaldi
1851Ancient Greek
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Alexandre le Grand dans la littérature française du moyen âge
Paul Meyer
1886French
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Alkuna: Nordische und nordslawische Mythologie
Gustav Thormod Legis
1831German
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Alpensagen: Volksüberlieferungen aus der Schweiz, aus Vorarlberg, Kärnten, Steiermark, Salzburg ..
Theodor Vernaleken
1858German
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Altisländische Volksballaden und andere Volksdichtungen nordischer Vorzeit
Peter Johann Willatzen
1897German
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Altmexikanische Studien II
Eduard Seler
1899German
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Analyse de l'histoire philosophique et politique des établissemens & du commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes
François Bernard
1775French
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Andocidis Orationes
Friedrich Wilhelm Blass
1871Ancient Greek