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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In Hoc Libro Continetur[!] Haec Bebeliana opuscula noua & adolesce[n]tiae labores
Heinrich Bebel
1514Latin
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In Lachen und Lächeln
Ferdinand Gross
1898German
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In Perottinum codicem ms. regiae bibliothecae Neapolitanae
Cataldo Jannelli
1811Italian
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In der Mondnacht
Hans Wachenhusen
1854German
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In hoc libro continentur haec Bebeliana opuscula nova & adolesce[n]tiae labores
Heinrich Bebel
1514Latin
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In sternenheller Sommernacht
Emil Junghans
1883NOT
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Incerti scriptoris Graeci fabulae aliquot Homericae de Ulixis erroribus
Gregoras Nikephoros
1745NOT
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Indian recreations. 1. Consisting chiefly of strictures on the domestic and rural economy of the Mahomedans and Hindoos. - 1804. - 404 S
William Tennant
1804NOT
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Indian recreations. 2. Consisting chiefly of strictures on the domestic and rural economy of the Mahomedans and Hindoos. - 1804. - VII, 426 S
William Tennant
1804NOT
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Indische Märchen übertragen von Friedrich von der Legen
Friedrich von der Legen
1898NOT
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Inhaltsübersicht von F. Schellings Vorlesungen über Philosophie der Mythologie - BSB Cgm 6285
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling
1843German
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Ins Märchenland!
Fanny Hensel
1880NOT
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Inschriften und Legenden Halberstädter Bauten
Karl Scheffer
1864German
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Inter Euripidis Medeam Philoctetam Dictyn quae fabulae una traduntur datae esse quaenam rationes intercesserint quaeritur
Georg Regel
1875NOT
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Introductionen und Aufnahmen in den vier schottischen Graden der afrikanischen Freymaurerey
Carl F Koeppen
1805German
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Ioannes Vvieri De Lamiis Liber
Johannes Wier
1577Latin
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Ioannis Baptista Pellegrini Adversus philosophiae et medicinae calumniatores, apologia
Giovanni Battista Pellegrini
1582Latin
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Ioannis Corasii Tolosatis Ivrisconsvlti, In Titvlvm Codicis Ivstiniani, De Ivre Emphytevtico
Jean de Coras
1550Latin
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Ioannis Davidis Michaelis ... Commentationes Duae Ad Leges Divinas De Poena Homicidii
Johann Gerhard Homeyer, Johann David Michaelis
1750Latin
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Ioannis Pierii Valeriani Poemata
Pierio Valeriano
1538Latin
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Ioh. Frider. Christii Fabvlarvm Vetervm Aesopiarvm Libri Dvo
Johann Friedrich Christ
1748Latin
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Iomramh Shneadhghusa agus Mic Riaghla
1891Irish
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Irländische Märchen
Karl Knortz
1886NOT
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Isaac Iselin über die Geschichte der Menschheit. 1
Isaak Iselin
1770German