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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The adventure of Hunch-Back, and the stories connected with it, (from the Arabian nights entertainments)
Robert Smirke, William Daniell
1814
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The dream of little Tuk, and other tales
Charles Boner, Franz Graf von Pocci, Hans Christian Andersen
1848
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The young naturalist's book of birds
Percy Bolingbroke John
1838
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A peep at the pixies
Anna Eliza Bray, Hablot Knight Browne, Mrs. Bray
1854
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Achille in Aulide
Geminiano Giacomelli, Giacomo Bassi, Gaetano Giusti, Geminiano Libretto for: Giacomelli, Pietro Orta, Domenico Maria Vellani
1739Italian
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Bellerofonte
Josef Mysliveček, Giuseppe Bonechi
1767Italian
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Della celeste fisonomia di Gio. Battista della Porta Napoletano, libri sei
Giambattista della Porta
1616Italian
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Dictionnaire historique et bibliographique, abrégé des personnages illustres, célébres ou fameux .
Gabriel Peignot
1821French
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Die Culturentwicklung Süd-Italiens in Einzel-Darstellungen
Eberhard Gothein
1886German
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Fisher's River (North Carolina) scenes and characters
Hardin E. Taliaferro
1859
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I fasti d'imeneo nelle nozze degli dei e del nobile ed eccelso signor senatore conte Gio. Francesco Aldrovandi Mariscotti colla nobil donna la signora marchesa d. Lucrezia Fontanelli
Domenico Maria Fratta, Lorenzo Capponi, Giuseppe Foschi
1762Italian
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Kiungani; or, story and history from Central Africa
John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture, John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture. NcD
1887
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Legends of the Shawangunk (Shon-Gum) and its environs, including historical sketches, biographical notices, and thrilling border incidents and adventures relating to those portions of the counties of Orange, Ulster and Sullivan lying in the Shawangunk region
Philip Philip Henry Smith, Philip Henry Smith
1887
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Oddities in southern life and character
Henry Watterson, Johnson Jones Hooper, William Ludwell Sheppard, Frederick S. Church, Frederick Frederick Stuart Church
1882
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Peri deisidaimonias
Plutarch, Theophrastus. Characteres
1828
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Popular fairy tales in words of one syllable
Harriet B. Audubon
1869
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Recueil d'antiquités
Jacques Bouillard, Mongez, Angelique Mongez
1804French
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Recueil de quelques pie ces de litte rature
Joseph-Antoine-Joachim Ce rutti, Cérutti, Joseph-Antoine-Joachim
1784French
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The Erne
Henry Newland, Henry Rev Newland, Henry [Garrett] Newland
1851
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Treasury of fairy tales
Harriet B. Audubon
1881
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Volkssagen und Volkslieder aus Schwedens älterer und neuerer Zeit
Arvid August Afzelius, F. H Ungewitter
1842German
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Yusef; or, The journey of the Frangi
J. Ross Browne
1853
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A Christmas gift from fairy land
James Kirke Paulding, John Gadsby Chapman
1838
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A description of the Shetland Islands. Comprising an account of their geology, scenery, antiquities, and superstitions
Samuel Hibbert
1822