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
- Read free
Nouveaux contes berbères
René Basset
1897French
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Nouvelle galerie mythologique, comprenant la Galerie mythologique de feu A.L. Millin
A. L. Millin
1850French
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Nouvelle histoire de Normandie: enrichie de notes prises au Muséum de ...
André La Fresnaye
1814Russian
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Novelline e canti popolari delle marche
Carlo Gargiolli
1878Italian
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Novelline popolari italiane
Domenico Comparetti
1875Italian
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Nueva Ciropedia: Ó, los viages de Ciro joven, con un discurso sobre la mitologia de los antiguos
Andrew Michael Ramsey
1799Spanish
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Némésis et la jalousie des dieux
Édouard Tournier
1863French
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Ob istochnikakh i formakh russkago basnoslovii︠a︡: sochinenie
N. Pavlov, Dmitriĭ Mikhaĭlovich Shchepkin
1859Russian
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Oberhessisches Sagenbuch
Theodor Bindewald
1873German
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Oberon von Mons und die Pipine von Nivella: Untersuchungen über den Ursprung der Nibelungensage
Emil Rückert
1836German
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Obrana Libušina Soudu
Vincenc Brandl
1879Czech
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Obychai i pi︠e︡sni turet︠s︡kikh Serbov: v Prizri︠e︡ni︠e︡, Ipeki︠e︡ ...
Ivan Stepanovich I︠A︡strebov
1886Russian
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Ocherki istorīi I︠U︡zhno-russkikh apokrificheskikh skazanīf̆ i pi︠e︡sen
Nikolaĭ Fedorovich Sumt︠s︡ov
1888Russian
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Oidipous epi Kolōnōi
Sophocles
1824Ancient Greek
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On Mankind: Their Origin and Destiny
Arthur Dyot Thomson
1872
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Opus polyhistoricum, dissertationibus XXV
Martin von Kempen
1680Latin
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Orchomenos und der Herrnstand der Kureten
Christian Heinecke
1849German
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Orphica
Proclus Diadochus
1824Latin
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P. Ovidius Naso ex recognitione Rudolphi Merkelii ..
Ovid
1879
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Paisajes y leyendas
Ignacio Manuel Altamirano
1884Spanish
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Perceval le Gallois
Chrétien, Wauchier de Denain, Manessier
1866French
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Peregrinaggio di tre giovani
Cristoforo Armeno
1891Italian
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Petit dictionnaire d'histoire, de géographie et de mythologie
P.-M Quitard
1865French
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Pha dra
Jean Racine
1856German