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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Esopus moralisatus
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1497Latin
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Esquisse d'un tableau historique des progrès de l'esprit humain
Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat de Condorcet
1797French
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Essai Sur L'Histoire De La Société Civile. 1
Adam Ferguson
1783French
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Essai Sur L'Histoire De La Société Civile. 2
Adam Ferguson
1783French
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Essai historique et philosophique sur les noms d'hommes, de peuples et de lieux
Eusèbe Salverte
1824French
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Essai sur l'Histoire de l'Espece Humaine
C. A Walckenaer
1798French
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Essai sur la secte des Illuminés
Jean-Pierre-Louis de Luchet
1789French
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Essai sur la théogonie mexicaine
Henri Ternaux-Compans
1840French
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Essai sur le polythéisme. 2
Nicolas Maximilien Sidoine Séguier de Saint-Brisson
1840French
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Essai sur le polythéisme. [1]
Nicolas Maximilien Sidoine Séguier de Saint-Brisson
1840French
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Essai sur les avantages que retireroient les femmes en cultivant les sciences et beaux arts
Franz Anton von Hartig
1774French
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Essai sur les richesses et la puissance temporelle des prêtres
Henry Verrut
1813NOT
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Essais D'Interprétation D'Allégories Anciennes Et Modernes, Par l'étymologie des Noms, La signification des Symboles, et des Noms de Nombres
A. N Noizet
1820French
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Essays und Studien zur Sprachgeschichte und Volkskunde . 2. Band
Gustav Meyer
1893German
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Essays und Studien zur Sprachgeschichte und Volkskunde . [1]
Gustav Meyer
1885German
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Ethica Symbolica E Fabularum Umbris In Veritatis Lucem Varia Ervditione Noviter evoluta
Michael Pexenfelder
1675Latin
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Etliche Fabeln aus Aesopo
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1817German
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Etliche sprüche D. Martini Luther, wider das Concilium Obstantiense, (wolt sagen ) Constantiense
Martin Luther
1535German
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Etrurische Alterthümer
Antonio Francesco Gori
1770German
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Etudes sur les Reformateurs contemporains ou Socialistes Modernes, Saint-Simon, Charles Fourier, Robert Owen
Louis Reybaud
1841NOT
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Etwas für Freymäurer besonders für Brüder im ersten Grad des eklektischen Systems. 1
Johann Friedrich Pregel
1787German
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Etymologisch-symbolisch-mythologisches Real-Wörterbuch
Joseph Seligmann Kohn
1843German
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Euripidis Fabulae . 1, Alcestis, Andromacha, Bacchae, Hecuba, Helena, Electra
ca. 485/480 v. Chr.-406 v.Chr Euripides
1867Latin
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Euripidis Fabulae . 1,1, Euripidis Medea
ca. 485/480 v. Chr.-406 v.Chr Euripides
1878Ancient Greek