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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- 20,091
- Earliest
- 1000
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- 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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Trois nouvelles chinoises traduites pour la première fois par le marquis d'Hervey-Saint-Denys ...
Léon marquis d' Hervey de Saint-Denys, Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection, Hervey de Saint-Denys, Léon, marquis d', 1823-1892, tr
1885Chinese
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Tóruiġeaċt Ḋiarmuda agus Ġráinne =
Richard J. O'Duffy, Standish Hayes O'Grady
1895
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Völsunga saga =
Eiríkr Magnússon, William Morris, John Davis Batchelder Collection, John Davis Batchelder Collection DLC
1870
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A Christian Wreath for the Pagan Deities: Or, An Introduction to the Greek and Roman Mythology
Frances Arabella Rowden, Banier, Tressan, Banier Frances Arabella Rowden
1820
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Bibliographical notes on the witchcraft literature of Scotland
John Ferguson
1897
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Cabala, Spiegel der Kunst und Natur in Alchymia
Raphael Custos, Steffan Michelspacher
1663German
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Contes populaires recueillis en Agenais par M. Jean-François Bladé
Jean-François Bladé, Reinhold Köhler
1874
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Die griechischen Culte und Mythen in ihren Beziehungen zu den orientalischen Religionen
Otto Gruppe
1887German
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Fabliaux Or Tales: Abridged from French Manuscripts of the XIIth and XIIIth Centuries
George Ellis, Maire de France, Gregory Lewis Way, Thomas Bewick, John Bewick, Legrand, cit Legrand, Pierre Jean Baptiste Le Grand d'Aussy
1800
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Histoire des livres populaires ou de la littérature du colportage depuis l'origine de l'imprimerie jusqu'à l'établissement de la Commission d'examen des livres du colportage, 30 novembre 1852
Charles Nisard
1864
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Imagini favolose
Battista Pittoni, Francesco Ziletti
1585Italian
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Les cent nouvelles nouvelles
Romeyn de Hooghe, Pierre Gaillard, Gilliam van der Gouwen, Laurens Scherm, Jan Van Vianen
1701French
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Mythologische Briefe
Johann Heinrich Voss, Pre-1801 Imprint Collection DLC [from old catalog]
1794German
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Orestes
Euripides, 481? BCE-407 BCE Euripides, Axel Gabriel Sjöström
1753
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Popery in alliance with heathenism
John Poynder
1835
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Researches in the highlands of Turkey
Henry Fanshawe Tozer
1869
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Saga time
John Fulford Vicary
1887
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Shakespeare's Puck, and his folklore
William Bell, William. [from old catalog] Bell
1852
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The Lair of the White Worm
Bram Stoker
1911
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The religious life of the Zu©łi child
Matilda Coxe Stevenson, Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. no 00032431
1887
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The world's desire
H. Rider Haggard, Andrew Lang
1890
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Vestiges of ancient manners and customs
John J. Blunt, John John James Blunt, John James Rev Blunt
1823
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A history of amulets
Martinus Fridericus Blumler
1887
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An introduction to the popular religion and folklore of northern India
William Crooke
1894