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
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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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A Wonder-Book ; Tanglewood Tales, and Grandfather's Chair
Nathaniel Hawthorne
1881
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A description of the crimes and horrors in the interior of Warburton's Private Mad-Houses at Hoxton and Bethnal Green
John Mitford
1825
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Aesop's fables with his life
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1687
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An Essay on the History of civil Society
Adam Ferguson
1768
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An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians. 1
Edward William Lane
1836
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Anacalypsis an attempt to draw aside the veil of the Saitic Isis
Godfrey Higgins
1836
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Arabian Nights
1892
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Athetha wakya deepanya, or, A collection of Sinhalese proverbs, maxims, fables &c
1880
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Barbe bleue
Charles Perrault
1800
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Baron Bruno
Louisa Morgan
1875
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Battle of the monkey and the crab
1892
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Daddy Jake the runaway
Joel Chandler Harris
1889
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Der Mensch, wie er erscheint oder Darstellung aller Völker der bekannten Erde
Martinus Stuart
1806German
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English and German Mythological, Genealogical and Historical Dictionary
Friedrich Weise
1799
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Enquiries historical and moral
Hugh Murray
1808
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Evangeline
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
1847
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Everybody's book of luck
1900
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Feats on the fiord or Rolf and Oddo among the pirates
Harriet Martineau
1800
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Fishes, flowers & fire as elements and deities in the Phallic faiths & worship of the ancient religions of Greece, Babylon, Rome, India, &c., with illustrative myths and legends
1890
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Folk-lore and legends
1891
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Folk-lore and legends
1889
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Folklore.
1890
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Grisly relics of the dead
1899
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Historie of the damnable life, and deserued death of Doctor John Faustus
1592