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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Fabularum Aesopiarum
ca. 1. Jh Phaedrus
1877NOT
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Fabularum Aesopiarum libri V. Oder: Deutliche und nach dem Begriff der Jugend endlich recht eingerichtete Erklärung der Aesopischen Fabeln
ca. 1. Jh Phaedrus
1738German
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Fabularum Aesopicarum Delectus
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1698Ancient Greek
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Fabularum Babrianarum paraphrasis Bodleiana
ca. 1./2. Jh Babrius
1877Latin
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Fabularum quae hoc libro continentur interpretes atq[ue] authoressunt hi
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1515Latin
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Fabularum quae hoc libro continentur interpretes atque authores sunt hi
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1522Latin
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Fabularum quae hoc libro continentur, interpretes ... sunt hi: Guil. Goudanus
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1541Latin
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Fabularum quae hoc libro continentur, interpretes atque authores sunt hi: Guil. Goudanus, H. Barlandus ... et Nic. Gerbellius Phorc
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1521Latin
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Fabularum que hoc libro continentur, interpretes atque authores sunt hi: Guil. Goudamus, H. Barlandus ... et Nic. Gerbellius Phorc
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1519Latin
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Fabularum que hoc libro continentur, interpretes atque authores sunt hi: Guil. Goudanus, H. Barlandus ... et Nic. Gerbellius Phorc
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1518Latin
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Fabularum que hoc libro continentur, interpretes atque authores sunt hi: Guil. Goudanus, H. Barlandus ... et Nic. Gerbellius Phorc. [Ed. Mart. Dorpius]
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1518Latin
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Fabularum que hoc libro continentur, interpretes atque authores sunt hi: Guil. Goudanus, Hadr. Barlandus
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1516Latin
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Fabularum, quae hoc libro continentur, interpretes atque authores sunt hi: Guilielmus Goudanus, Hadr. Barlandus
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1530Latin
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Fabulæ Antiquæ Ex Phædro fere servatis ejus verbis desumptæ, et soluta oratione expositæ
ca. 1. Jh Phaedrus
1709Latin
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Fabulæ Æsopi
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1702Latin
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Fabvlae Aesopi Phrygis, Ex Optimis Ac Probatissimis Autoribus ... concinnatae, multoque nunc quam antehac vnquam castigatius excusae
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1571Latin
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Fabvlarvm Qvae hoc libro continentur interpretes atq[ue] authores. Sunt hi Guilielmus Goudanus Hadrianus Barlandus Erasmus Roterodamus, Aulus Gellius Angelus Politianus Petus Crinitus Ioannes Antonius Campanus Plinius Secundus Nouocome[n]sis
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1515Latin
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Fabvlarvm Qvae hoc libro continentur interpretes, atq[ue] authores Sunt hi, Guilielmus Goudanus, Hadrianus Barlandus, Erasmus Roterodamus, Aulus Gellius, Angelus Politianus, Petrus Crinitus, Ioannes Antonius Campanus, Plinius Secundus Nouocome[n]sis, Nicolaus Gerbellius Phorcen[sis]
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1518Latin
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Fabvlarvm Qvae hoc libro continentur, interpretes atq[ue] authores. Sunt hi Guilielmus Goudanus, Hadrianus Barlandus, Erasmus Roerodamus, Aulus Gellius Angelus Politianus, Petrus Crinitus, Ioannes Antonius Campanus, Plinius Secundus Novocom[m]ensis
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1515Latin
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Fantasie über ein Museum für die Cultur-Geschichte der Menschheit
Gustav Friedrich Klemm
1843NOT
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Faules de Isop y altres famosos autors
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1760Catalan
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Favole
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1575Italian
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Favole d'Esopo Greco elegantissime, et de molti altri
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1551Italian
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Ferner brachte Herr P. Ascherson zwei schriftliche Mittheilungen des Herrn A. Treichel auf Hoch-Paleschken bei Alt-Kischau (Westpreussen) zur Kenntniss: Auf die Seltenheit des Vorkommens der Mistel auf gewissen Nährpflanzen wird in folgender, in R.F. Reusch's Sagen des Preussischen Samlandes (Königsberg 1838) S. 11 No. 10 mitgetheilter Volkssage Bezug genommen
Paul Ascherson, Alexander Treichel
1879German