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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Iacobi Philomvsi Locher Oratoris Et Poetae praeclari, Iudicium Paridis ludi cuiusdam instar carmine lucule[n]ter descriptum
Jakob Locher
1520Latin
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Ideen zu einer allgemeinen Mythologie der alten Welt
Johann Jakob Wagner
1808German
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Ideen zur Geschichte der Entwickelung des religiösen Glaubens. 1
Kajetan von Weiller
1808German
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Ideen zur Geschichte der Entwickelung des religiösen Glaubens. 3
Kajetan von Weiller
1814German
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Ideen zur Geschichte des großen Ganges der Cultur und der Menschheit in der Welt
Johann Gottlob Heynig
1803NOT
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Ideen zur Kunst- Mythologie
Carl August Boettiger
1826German
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Ideen zur Kunst- Mythologie . 1 = 1. Cursus, Stammbaum der Religionen des Alterthums
Carl August Böttiger
1826German
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Ideen zur Kunst- Mythologie . 1 [= 1. Cursus], Stammbaum der Religionen des Alterthums. Einleitung zur vorhomerischen Mythologie der Griechen
Carl August Böttiger
1826German
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Ideen zur Kunst- Mythologie . 2 = 2. - 4. Cursus, Jupiter, Juno und Neptunus, Amor und Psyche
Carl August Böttiger, Julius Sillig
1836German
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Ideen zur Philosophie der Geschichte der Menschheit. 1
Johann Gottfried von Herder
1784German
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Ideen zur Philosophie der Geschichte der Menschheit. 2
Johann Gottfried von Herder
1785German
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Ideen zur Philosophie der Geschichte der Menschheit. 3
Johann Gottfried von Herder
1787German
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Ideen zur Philosophie der Geschichte der Menschheit. 4
Johann Gottfried von Herder
1791German
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Iduna
Karl Heinrich Christian Keck
1875German
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Idyllen, Volkssagen , Legenden und Erzählungen aus der Schweiz. 2, Neue Idyllen, Volkssagen , Legenden und Erzählungen aus der Schweiz
Johann Rudolf Wyss
1822German
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Idyllen, Volkssagen , Legenden und Erzählungen aus der Schweiz. [1]
Johann Rudolf Wyss
1815German
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Iggereth Baale Chajjim
Ḳalonimus ben Ḳalonimus ben Meʾir
1882NOT
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Ihr Herren Schützen läßt Euch sagen , was Euch Fundus Reputius der angebrannte Haasenfuß hier wird vortragen
Fundus Reputius
1778German
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Il theatro de vari e diversi cervelli mondani
Tommaso Garzoni
1585NOT
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Illustrirte Mythologie
Hermann Göll
1884German
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Im Frauwenzimmer wirt vermeldt von allerley schönen Kleidungen unnd Trachten der Weiber hohes und niders Stands, wie man fast an allen Orten geschmückt und gezieret ist
Jost Amman
1586German
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Im Lande der Quellen
Simon Salomon
1899NOT
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Im obersten Innthal Tirols
Anton Renk
1897NOT
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Imperii Ac Sacerdotii Ornatvs
Abraham de Bruyn
1578Latin