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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The fairies
William Allingham
1880
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The first Christmas tree
Henry van Dyke
1897
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The gifts of the child Christ
George MacDonald
1882
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The history of all religions
John Bellamy
1812
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The history of the rise, progress and accomplishment of the abolition of the African slave trade by the British Parliament
Thomas Clarkson
1808
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The horse fair
James Baldwin
1895
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The light princess, and other stories
George MacDonald
1891
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The lost legends of the nursery songs
Mary Senior Clark
1870
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The most delectable history of Reynard the Fox
Joseph Jacobs, W. Frank Calderon, Henry Cole, William Caxton, Donald B. Sands
1895
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The natural history of Society in the barbarous and civilized state
William C Taylor
1840
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The pilot of the Mayflower
Hezekiah Butterworth
1898
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The red book of animal stories
Andrew Lang
1899
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The renowned history of Richard Whittington and his cat
1826
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The sand-hills of Jutland
Hans Christian Andersen
1860
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The shoemaker and the Christmas elves
Tim Hildebrandt
1869
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The story of Elaine, the lily maid of Astolat
1879
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The traditional games of England, Scotland, and Ireland
Alice Bertha Merck Gomme, Alice Bertha Gomme
1894
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The trail of the sandhill stag
Ernest Thompson Seton
1899
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The women of England
Sarah Stickney Ellis
1839
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Theodor Arnolds Grammatica anglicana concentrata, oder kurzgefaßte englische Grammatik
Theodor Arnold
1782
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Three plays
Euripides
1811Greek
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Under the sunset
Bram Stoker
1882
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Waifs and strays of Celtic tradition
1889
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Welsh legends
1802