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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Las fabulas de Esopo
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1546Spanish
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Laubwaldflora Norddeutschlands
Fernando Höck
1896German
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Launen und Phantasien
Karl Philipp Moritz
1796German
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Lautuntersuchungen zu Osbern Bokenam's Legenden
August Hoofe
1885German
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Lazar der Serbenzar
Siegfried Kapper
1851NOT
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Le " Vieux Honfleur", société normande de tradition et d'arts populaires
1897French
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Le Franc-Macon Dans La Republique Ou Reflexions Apologiques Sur Les Persecutions Des Francs-Macons
Philipp Friedrich Steinheil
1746French
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Le Imagini de i dei de gli antichi, nelle quali si contengono gl' idoli, riti, ceremonie, et altre cose appartenenti alla religione de gli antichi , raccolte dal Sig. Vincenzo Cartari, con la loro espositione et con bellissime et accomodate figure nuovamente stampate
Vincenzo Cartari
1571Italian
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Le Palais-Royal ou les Filles en bonne fortune
Déterville
1815NOT
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Le Poëte Philosophe-Chretien, Ou Entretiens Solitaires, Sentimens De Pénitence
V*** de
1765French
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Le Roman de Thèbes
1890FRO
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Le Soleil, Adoré Par Les Taurisques Sur Le Mont Gotthardt
Beat Fidel Zurlauben
1782French
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Le Tombeau de Jacques Molai
Charles-Louis Cadet de Gassicourt
1797NOT
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Le imagini con la spositione dei Dei degli antichi
Vincenzo Cartari
1556Italian
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Le supplément de Tasse rouzi friou titave
Laurent Bordelon
1713NOT
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Lebende Wachs-Figuren in Krähwinkel
Ludwig Robert
1825German
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Lebensbilder in Licht und Schatten
Joseph Alois Moshamer
1866German
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Lectorem benevolum ad orationem sub auspicium professionis Institutionum imperatoriar. ... invitat
August Benedict Carpzov
1671NOT
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Legenden
Karl Simrock
1855German
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Legenden . 1
Ludwig Gotthard Kosegarten
1804German
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Legenden . 1. - XXII, 322 S
Ludwig Gotthard Kosegarten
1810NOT
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Legenden . 2
Ludwig Gotthard Kosegarten
1804German
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Legenden . 2. - IV, 475 S
Ludwig Gotthard Kosegarten
1810NOT
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Legenden aus der Geschichte Bayerns für die Jugend und das Volk. 1. (1829)
Joseph S Reitmayr
1829NOT