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
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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Actenmässige Aufschlüsse über den Bund der Evergeten in Schlesien
Ignaz Aurelius Fessler
1804German
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Actus solemnes in Gymnasio Regio Augustano Confessioni Augustanae Addicto A. D. V. cal. Septembr. MDCCCXXXV rite habendos rectoris et professorum collegii nomine indicit Joan. Henr. Theoph. Schmidt
Johann Heinrich Gottlieb Schmidt
1835Latin
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Ad orationes tres celebrando natali serenissimi Ducis ac Domini nostri in Gymnasio Wilhelmo-Ernestino ... audiendas officiosa invitatio Directoris Ioan. Michaelis Heinzii
Johann Michael Heinze
1788Latin
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Adelbert von Chamisso's Werke. 4
Adelbert von Chamisso
1842German
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Adelheid von Ponthieu
Jean Georges Noverre, Peter Vogt
1780German
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Advertissement Pieux & tres-vtile, Des Freres de la Rosee-Croix
Henricus Neuhusius
1623French
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Aelteste Urkunde der Dreimaurer in England
James Orchard Halliwell
1842NOT
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Aeschyli fabulae
v525-v456 Aeschylus
1885Ancient Greek
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Aesculaps Hahn und Amors vergiftete Fackel
Johann Christian von Mannlich
1812German
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Aesop Fabulae
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1546Ancient Greek
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Aesop am Hofe
Edme Boursault
1775German
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Aesopi Griechische Fabeln
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1789Ancient Greek
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Aesopi Phrygi et aliorum fabulae
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1532NOT
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Aesopi Phrygis Fabellae
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1524Latin
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Aesopi Phrygis Fabularum Celeberrimi Autoris Vita, Fabellae Aesopicae Plures Quadringentis
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1538Latin
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Aesopi Phrygis Fabularum Selectarum Partes duae
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1618Ancient Greek
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Aesopi Phrygis Fabvlae
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1534Latin
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Aesopi Phrygis Fabvlae quarum interpretes hi sunt. Guilelmus Goudanus. Hadria. Barlan. Erasmus Rot. A. Gell. Lauren. Val. Angelus Poli. Petrus Crinitus Ioannes. Antonius Campanus. Plinius Secundus Nouocomen. Anianus Guilelmus Hermannus. Nicolaus Gerbellius Phorcensis. Lauren. Abstemius. Rimicius Item Vita Aesopi ex Max. Planude
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1545Latin
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Aesopi Phrygis Fabvlae quarum interpretes hi sunt: Guilelmus Goudanus, Hadria. Barlan. ... Nicolaus Gerbellius Phorcensis ... Item Vita Aesopi ex Max. Planude
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1534Latin
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Aesopi Phrygis Fabvlarvm Selectarvm Partes duae
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1624Latin
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Aesopi Phrygis Vita et fabellae
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1518NOT
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Aesopi Phrygis et aliorum fabulae
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1552Latin
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Aesopi Phrygis et viri ex Maximo planude desumpta et fabullae iucundissimae quarum interpretes hi sunt: Guilelmus Goudanus, Hadrianus Barlandus, Erasmus Rot
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1525Latin
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Aesopi Phrygis fabulae
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1533Latin