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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Christian Ludolph Reinhold der Weltweisheit Doktor und schönen Künste Magister, Lehrer der Mathematik und bildenden Künste an dem Osnabrückischen Gymnasium, Mitglied der Pfalzbayerischen ökonomischen Gesellschaft, wie auch verschiedener gelehrten Gesellschaften Mitarbeiter und Correspondent. Akademie der bildenden schönen Künste
Christian L Reinhold
1788German
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Christian Niemeyer's Buch für die Jugend
Christian Niemeyer
1832German
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Christian Ulrich Detlev Eggers, Professors der Kameralwissenschaften bei der Universität zu Kopenhagen, Skizze und Fragmente einer Geschichte der Menschheit in Rüksicht auf Aufklärung und Volksfreiheit. 1
Christian Ulrich Detlev von Eggers
1786German
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Christian Wahrmunds Poetische zur Tugend und Vorsichtigkeit leitende Fabeln
Johann Nicolaus Funck
1748German
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Christliche Legenden und Geschichten
Franz August Cunz
1840German
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Christoph Gottlieb von Murr über den wahren Ursprung der Rosen-Kreuzer und des Freymaurerordens
Christoph Gottlieb von Murr
1803German
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Christophori Friderici Harpprechti ... Advocati; De Fontibus Iuris Civilis Moderni Wurtembergici, Quod in Codice legum Johann-Fridericiano continetur, Commentatio
Christoph Friedrich Harpprecht
1724Latin
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Christus der Herr in Legenden und Gesaengen gefeierter Dichter
Moritz Henrici
1845NOT
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Chronologia errorum pontificiorum
Johann Colneras
1665Latin
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Chymische Hochzeit: Christiani Rosencreütz. Anno 1459
Johann Valentin Andreä
1616German
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Chöre der Traumgeister, in der dramatischen Phantasie: Das Mährchen in Traum
Ernst Benjamin Salomo Raupach
1836German
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Circus Lorenz Wulff. Auf dem Karlsplatze zu München. Heute Montag den 12. September 1870. Grosse Vorstellung in der höheren Reitkunst, Pferdedressur und Gymnastik ... Das Waldmädchen. Eine polnische Volkssage
Franz Neiss
1870German
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Cl. Claudiani liber primus de raptu Proserpinae , cum argumento et allegoria fabulae per Jacobum Praevosteau descriptae
Claudien
1569Latin
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Cl. Clavdianvs
Claudius Claudianus
1585Latin
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Clemens von Rom
Joseph Hubert Reinkens
1855German
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Clypeum Veritatis
Friedrich Grick
1618German
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Code de la toilette
Horace Raisson
1828NOT
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Collection de chansons et de contes populaires.
1881French
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Comici fabulae superstites XX
Titus Maccius Plautus
1617NOT
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Commentarius In Legem Regiam Germanorum, Sive Capitulationem Imperatoriam, Iuridico-Historico-Politicus
Benedict Carpzov
1651German
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Commentarius in legem regiam Germanorum sive capitulationem imperatoriam
Benedict Carpzov
1640NOT
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Commentatio de Aeschyli Prometheo
Bernhard A Toepelmann
1829Latin
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Commentatio philologica, qua nobilis linguae Carchedonicae reliquia ab Accio Plauto Sarsinate
Georg Heinrich Sappuhn
1713NOT
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Commentatio philologica, qua nobilis linguae Carchedonicae reliquia, ab Accio Plauto Sarsinate, actu V. scena I. et II. fabulae , quae inscribitur Poenulus, adservata explicatur, et ad dialectum Aramaeam refertur
Georg Heinrich Sappuhn
1713NOT