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
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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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Untersuchungen über die Quellen und das verhältniss der provencalischen und ..
Siegfried Hosch
1877German
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Ursprung der sagen van Abraham, Isaac und Jacob
Aaron David Bernstein
1871German
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Usi e costumi abruzzesi
Antonio De Nino
1879Italian
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Über die verschiedenen redaktionen des Robert von Borron zugeschriebenen Graal-Lancelot-cyclus
Eduard Wechssler
1895German
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Valkyrien
August Bournonville
1861Danish
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Velikorusskīi︠a︡ skazki
Ivan Aleksandrovich Khudi︠a︡kov
1860Russian
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Versuch ©ơber die Gr©Þbersymbolik der Alten
Johann Jakob Bachofen
1859German
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Vida do abba Daniel do mosteiro de Sceté
Saint Daniel abbot of Scete
1897GEZ
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Vida e milagres de Santo Antonio de Lisboa
Fortunato de São Boaventura
1830Portuguese
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Vida y milagros del bien auenturado Sanct Antonio de Padua : primer predicador general de la Orden del seraphico P.S. Fra[n]cisco : a quien el papa Grego. 9. por la alteza de su sabiduria, y excelente doctrina, llamò Archa Testamenti
Juan Bautista fray
1605NAH
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Vie Saint Nicholas
Bp. of Myra Nicholas Saint
1897German
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Vierhundert Schwänke des sechzehnten Jahrhunderts
Felix Bobertag
1888German
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Vita di Santi Alessio, patrizio romano
Carlo Maria Ronchetti
1893Italian
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Volksdichtungen der siebenbürgischen und südungarischen zigeuner
Heinrich von Wlislocki
1890German
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Volksgebruiken der Nederlanders bij het vrijen en trouwen
Jacobus Scheltema
1832
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Volksmärchen der Serben
Karadzhīć, Vuk Stefanovīć
1854German
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Volksmedizin und medizinischer Aberglaube: Begründet auf die Geschichte der Medizin und Cultur
Gottfried Lammert
1869German
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Volksmärchen aus Pommern und Rügen
Ulrich Jahn
1891German
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Vollständiges Wörterbuch der Mythologie aller Nationen
Wilhelm Vollmer
1836German
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Voodoo Tales: As Told Among the Negroes of the Southwest
Charles Godfrey Leland
1893
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Vorhalle zur griechischen Geschichte und Mythologie
Johann Uschold
1838German
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Wald- und Baumkult in Beziehung zur Volksmedizin Oberbayerns
Max Höfler
1894German
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Werke
Johann Peter Hebel
1853German
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Westslawischer Märchenschatz: Ein Charakter-bild der Böhmen, Mährer und Slowaken in ihren ..
Josef Wenzig
1857German