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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Aesopi Phrygis fabulae quarum interpretes hi sunt
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1557Latin
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Aesopi Phrygis fabulae quarum interpretes sunt hi
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1540Latin
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Aesopi Phrygis fabvlarvm celeberrimini autoris uita
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus, Joachim Camerarius
1540Latin
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Aesopi Phrygis vita [a Maximo Planude conscripta] et fabulae a viris doctissimis in latinam linguam versae, inter quos L. Valla, A. Gellius, D. Erasmus aliique quorum nomina ignorantur. In calce adjectae sunt fabellae tres, ex Politiano, Petro Crinito, Baptista Mantuano
Ésope
1527Latin
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Aesopi et aliorum fabulae
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1565Latin
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Aesopi fabulae
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1479Latin
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Aesopi vita, fabellae
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1539Latin
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Aesopische Fabeln für die Jugend
August Gottlieb Meißner
1824German
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Aesopische und andere auserlesene Fabeln zur Gedächtniß- und Deklamirübung für die Jugend. 1
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1824German
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Aesopische und andere auserlesene Fabeln zur Gedächtniß- und Deklamirübung für die Jugend. 2
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1824German
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Aesopische und andere auserlesene Fabeln zur Gedächtniß- und Deklamirübung für die Jugend. 3
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1825German
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Aesops Fabeln
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1897German
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Aesopus grecu[s]
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1515Latin
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Aesopus grecus
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1503Latin
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Aesopus moralisatus
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1508Latin
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Aesopus. Fabulae
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1481Latin
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Ahiman Rezon, Or a help to all that are (or would be) Free and Accepted Masons
Laurence Dermott
1764NOT
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Ahnenbilder
J. M Rath
1831NOT
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Ain Diemietige Versprechung: durch Johann Böschenstain, geborn von Christenlichen öltern, auß der stat Eßlingen, wider etlich die von jm sagen , Er seye von Jüdischem sta[m]men, vnd nit von geborne[n] Christen herko[m]men
Johann Böschenstein
1524German
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Ain Trost spruch wider den Türcken
Georg Brentel
1543German
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Ain schöne Epistel meinen lieben briedern in Christo Jesu
Wenzeslaus Link
1523German
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Aisōpeion Mythōn synagōgē
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1860Ancient Greek
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Aisōpou Mythoi. Fabulae Aesopicae Graecae
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1810Ancient Greek
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Aisōpou Mythoi. Äsop's Fabeln
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1821Ancient Greek