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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De versibus suspectis et interpolatis Iphigeniae Tauricae fabulae Euripideae
Carl Rudolf Schulze
1881Latin
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De versibus suspectis et interpolatis fabulae Sophocleae quae inscribitur Oedipus Coloneus
Friedrich Rassfeld
1883Ancient Greek
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De' saggi politici. 2. Del civile corso delle nazioni
Francesco Mario Pagano
1785Italian
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Decanus Ordinis Juridici In Academia Wittenbergensi Caspar Henricus Hornius, JC. Codicis Prof. Publ. Consiliarius Regius, & Electoralis in Senatu Provocationum, nec non Collegiorum Juridicorum, quae hic sunt, Assessor, Lecturis Omnibus S. P. D
Caspar Heinrich Horn
1711Latin
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Declamationen und Reden über Maurer-Pflichten und bey Feyerlichkeiten
Werner Hans Friedrich Abrahamson
1785German
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Deklamationen über einige Maurer-Pflichten
Werner Hans Friedrich Abrahamson
1776German
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Del origine de'Sacrificij (dissertazione)
Giuseppe Di Cesare
1819NOT
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Dell'Economia delle specie umana. 1
Adeodato Ressi
1817Italian
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Dell'Economia delle specie umana. 2
Adeodato Ressi
1818Italian
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Dell'Economia delle specie umana. 3
Adeodato Ressi
1819Italian
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Dell'Economia delle specie umana. 4
Adeodato Ressi
1820Italian
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Della Carozza di Ritorno ... libri due
Agostino Lampugnani
1601NOT
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Della Nobiltà et eccelenza della donne
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim
1549NOT
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Della filosofia della storia
Aurelio Bertola de' Giorgi
1787NOT
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Delle influenze morali. 1
Pietro Schedoni
1810Italian
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Delle influenze morali. 2
Pietro Schedoni
1810Italian
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Demeunier, über Sitten und Gebräuche der Völker
Jean Nicolas Démeunier
1783German
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Den forste November og den forste August To historisk-Kalendariske Undersögelser med et Tillaeg om Höjtidsbauner, Offerbal, Nödild og Ilddyrkelse
Finnur Magnússon
1829NOT
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Den förste November, den förste August
Finnur Magnússon
1829NOT
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Der Aesop für Kinder in Aesopischen Fabeln
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus, Johann Heinrich Martin Ernesti
1821German
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Der Ahnenring, musikalisch-dramatisches Märchen in 3 Akten von Heinrich August Schultze mit 1 Vorspiel von Martin Schultze
Heinrich August Schultze
1887NOT
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Der Alpenkönig und der Menschfeind
Ferdinand Raimund
1868German
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Der Altmärker
Fritz Schwerin
1859German
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Der Aufgezogne Vorhang der Freymaurerey vermittelst der einzig wahren Geschichte derselben
Johann Jacob Wierz
1790German