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
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Geschiedenis van het heylighe cruys
Jan Veldner, Jacobus, Jean Philibert Berjeau
1863
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Gli amori pastorali di Dafni e Cloe ...
Longus
1863Italian
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Gomerova Odisseia
Όμηρος
1850Russian
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Griechische Götterlehre
Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker
1857German
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Griechische Götterlehre in ihren Grundzügen
Otto Gilbert
1898German
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Griechische Heroen-Geschichten
Barthold Georg Niebuhr
1830German
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Griechische tragoedien
Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff
1899German
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Götter und Helden
Albert Richter
1878German
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Hamaṛōt ditsʻabanutʻiwn
G. Mserean
1878Armenian
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Handbuch der deutschen Mythologie mit Einschlusz der nordischen
Karl Joseph Simrock
1864German
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Handzeichnungen von Karl Kärcher für die Mythologie und Archäologie des klassischen Alterthums
Karl Kärcher
1825German
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Ha̋ndskriftet nr. 2365 4 to gl. kgl. samling pa̋ det store Kgl. bibliothek i København
Ludv. F. A. Wimmer, Finnur Jónsson, Kongelige Bibliotek
1891Danish
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Heilige Höhen der alten Griechen und Römer: Eine Ergänzung zu Ferd. Frh. V ...
Rudolf Beer, Ferdinand Andrian -Werburg
1891German
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Heldensagen der minussinschen Tartaren rhythmisch bearbeitet
Anton Schiefner
1859German
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Helge-digtene i den ældre Edda deres hjem og forbindelser
Sophus Bugge
1896Danish
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Hercule Phallophore, dieu de la ge nr ation
Alexandre Colson
1882French
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Hercule et Cacus: étude de mythologie comparée
Michel Bréal
1863French
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Hercules et Cacus
Michel Bréal
1863French
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Hercules in Bivio e prodici fabula et monumentis priscae artis illustratus
Karl August Böttinger
1829German
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Hercules redivivus
Joseph Schreiner
1899German
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Hesione
André Campra
1701French
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Het paard onder de volken van het maleische ras
Pieter Johannes Veth
1894Dutch
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Hieroglyphica, siue, De sacris Aegyptiorum literis commentarii, Ioannis Pierii Valeriani Bolzanii Bellunensis
Pierio Valeriano, M. Isingrin, Horapollo
1556Latin
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Hindoo fairy legends, Old Deccan days
Mary Eliza Isabella Frere, Henry Bartle Edward Frere
1868