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
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
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William Tell
Joanne Fink
1825
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Wörterbuch der englischen und deutschen Sprache
Karl Gratz
1834
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Yishi-yuyan
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1840
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Freud on Religion
Marsha Aileen Hewitt
2014
Witchcraft Confessions and Accusations
Mary Douglas
2013
Zbior wierszy i baiek przełożonych z różnych autorów obcych. Częsc I
1803Polish
Original and translated Bayki y krotofile
1804Polish
Bigfoot to Mothman
Margo DeMello
2024
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Clay-shuttered doors
Helen Helen Rose Hull
Date unknown
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French fairy tales
Martha Ward Carey, J. Franklin Jameson, Paul Sébillot, E. Boyd Smith
Date unknown
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Pickman's model
Howard Phillips Lovecraft, Hugh Rankin, Curtis Charles Senf
Date unknown
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Poetarum scenicorum graecorum, Aeschyli, Sophoclis, Euripidis, et Aristophanis Fabulae superstites et perditarum fragmenta
1868Ancient Greek
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St Baldred of the Bass, a Pictish legend
James Miller
Date unknown
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The Graveyard Rats
Henry Kuttner, Margaret Brundage
Date unknown
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The libertine; vol. 1 [of 4]
Charlotte Dacre
Date unknown
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The libertine; vol. 2 [of 4]
Charlotte Dacre
Date unknown
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The libertine; vol. 3 [of 4]
Charlotte Dacre
Date unknown
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The libertine; vol. 4 [of 4]
Charlotte Dacre
Date unknown
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The picture in the house
Howard Phillips Lovecraft, R. M Mally
Date unknown
Polish people, his customs, superstitious
1884Polish
The vampire in folklore, history, literature, film and television
J. Gordon Melton, Alysa Hornick
2015
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@ . Aphthonii sophistae Progymnasmata, Francisco Scobario interprete, cum notis..... Hadamarii (R. Lorichii). Ejusdem Aphthonii fabulae... Editio nova, a P. S. I. aucta et recognita
Aphthonius
1666Multiple languages
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A Display of two forraigne sects in the East Indies: sect of the Banians ... and sect of the Persees. 1. A discoverie of the sect of the Banians ... - 9 Bl., 95 S
Henry Lord
1630NOT
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A Display of two forraigne sects in the East Indies: sect of the Banians ... and sect of the Persees. 2. The religion of the Persees. - 6 Bl., 53 S
Henry Lord
1630NOT