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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Fessler's Rückblicke auf die letzten sechs Jahre seiner Logenthätigkeit. 1
Ignaz Aurelius Fessler
1804German
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Fessler's Rückblicke auf die letzten sechs Jahre seiner Logenthätigkeit. 2
Ignaz Aurelius Fessler
1804German
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Feuerseelen
Max von Schlägel
1870NOT
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Fides oder die Religionen und Culte der bekanntesten Völker der Erde alter und neuer Zeit. 1
Johann Peter Gerlach
1830German
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Fides oder die Religionen und Culte der bekanntesten Völker der Erde alter und neuer Zeit. 2
Johann Peter Gerlach
1830German
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Figvres Diverses tirées des Fables d'Esope et d'autres
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1659French
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Finnische Mythologie
Christfrid Ganander
1821German
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Finnische Märchen übersetzt von Emmy Schreck
Emmy Schreck
1887NOT
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Florian's Fabeln
Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian
1834NOT
Folk Practices in North Mexico
Isabel Kelly
1965
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Folk-lore and legends
1889
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Folk-lore and legends
1889
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Folk-lore and legends
1889
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Folk-lore and legends
1889
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Folk-lore journal
1879
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Fons gratiae
Friedrich Grick
1619NOT
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Forsög til en Skilding af quindekjönnets huuslige og borgerlige Kaar hos Skandinaverne för Kristendommens Indförelse
Laurids Engelstoft
1799Danish
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Fortunatus oder die Ohren der Prinzessin von Marokko
Alois Berla
1871German
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Fortunatus und seine Söhne
Thomas Dekker
1819German
Found Inside a Jar
Amelia Febriany
2026
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Frag: Was ist die Freymaurerey
Franz Grotter
1784German
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Fragmente zur Culturgeschichte. 1
Johann Georg August Wirth
1835German
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Fragmente zur Culturgeschichte. 2,1
Johann Georg August Wirth
1836German
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Fragmente. Für und wider die Freimäurerei
Konrad Friedrich Uden
1782German