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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C. F. Gellerts sämmtliche Schriften. Erster Theil
Christian Fürchtegott Gellert
1775German
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C. Ivlii Hygini Avgvsti Fabvlarvm Liber
Mythographus Hyginus
1549Ancient Greek
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C. M. Wielands Sämmtliche Werke. 18, Erzählungen Und Mährchen
Christoph Martin Wieland
1796German
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C.F. Gellerts sämmtliche Schriften. 1
Christian Fürchtegott Gellert
1769German
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Calila und Dimna oder die Fabeln Bidpai's. 1
Bidpai
1837German
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Calila und Dimna oder die Fabeln Bidpai's. 2
Bidpai
1837German
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Carl Hubert Lobreich von Plumenoek geoffenbarter Einfluß in das allgemeine Wohl der Staaten der ächten Freymäurerey
Bernhard Joseph Schleiss
1777German
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Caroli Porée ... Fabulae dramaticae
Charles Porée
1755NOT
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Caspari Bucheri ... Mercurius
Caspar Bucher
1615NOT
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Casparis Calvöri[i] De Variis Orbis Religionibvs
Caspar Calvör
1705Latin
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Catechisme Des Francs-Maçons
Louis Travenol
1744French
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Celeberrimi Theologi Casparis Neumanni Vratislav. Trutina Religionum Quae Hodie Sunt
Caspar Neumann
1731Latin
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Cento Ovidianus De Fratribus Roseae Crucis
Johann Valentin Andreä
1618Latin
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Cento Virgilianus De Fratribus Roseae Crucis
Johann Valentin Andreä
1618Latin
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Centum Fabulae ex antiquis auctoribus delectae
Gabriello Faerno
1573Latin
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Centum Fabulae ex antiquis auctoribus delectae, et a Gabrielle Faerno Cremonensis carminibus explicatae
Gabriello Faerno
1567Latin
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Centum fabulae
Gabriello Faerno
1682Latin
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Ceremonie nuzziali di tutte le nationi del Mondo
Louis de Gaya
1685NOT
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Ceremonies nuptiales de toutes les nations
Louis de Gaya
1681French
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Ch. F. Gellerts sämmtliche Werke. 1, Fabeln und Erzählungen
Christian Fürchtegott Gellert
1818German
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Choix Des Principales Pierres Gravées De La Collection Qui Appartenait Autrefois Au Baron De Stosch Et Qui Se Trouve Maintenant Dans Le Cabinet Du Roi De Prusse. 1
Friedrich Schlichtegroll
1798French
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Christian Felix Weiße'ns Lieder und Fabeln für Kinder und junge Leute
Christian Felix Weiße
1807German
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Christian Fürchtegott Gellert's sämmtliche Fabeln und Erzählungen in drei Büchern
Christian Fürchtegott Gellert
1842German
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Christian Fürchtegott Gellerts Abhandlungen von den Fabeln und deren Verfassern und vor das Rührende in der Comödie
Christian Fürchtegott Gellert
1773German