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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Les subtilles fables d'Esope
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1526French
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Lessing's Erziehung des Menschengeschlechts kritisch und philosophisch erörtert
Gottschalk E Guhrauer
1841German
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Lessing's Werke. 1, Gedichte und Fabeln
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
1868German
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Lessingische unäsopische Fabeln
Johann Jakob Bodmer
1760German
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Lessings Drei Bücher Fabeln . ins Altgriechische übersetzt von Prof. Dr. E. Neißner
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
1883NOT
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Lessings Werke. 1
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
1867German
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Lessings Werke. 1, Lieder, Oden, gereimte Fabeln und Erzählungen, Sinngedichte, Fragmente und Fabeln in Prosa, Jugenddramen
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
1883German
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Lessings Werke. 8
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
1867German
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Lessings Werke. 8, Vorrede und Abhandlungen zu Lessings Fabeln . Leben des Sophokles. Das Theater des Herrn Diderot
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
1889German
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Lessings sämtliche Werke
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
1882German
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Lettre D'Un Docteur De L'Ordre De S. Dominique Sur Les Ceremonies De La Chine, Au R. P. Le Comte De La Compagnie De Jesus, Confesseur De Madame La Duchesse De Bourgogne
Noël Alexandre
1700French
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Lettre D'Un Franc-Maçon A Mr. De Vaux
Joseph Uriot
1742French
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Lettres A Émilie, Sur La Mythologie . 1
Charles Albert Demoustier
1792French
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Lettres A Émilie, Sur La Mythologie . 2
Charles Albert Demoustier
1792French
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Lettres A Émilie, Sur La Mythologie . 3
Charles Albert Demoustier
1792French
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Lettres A Émilie, Sur La Mythologie . 4
Charles Albert Demoustier
1792French
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Lettres Sur La Mythologie
Thomas Blackwell
1771French
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Lettres sur l'origine des sciences, et sur celle des peuples de l'Asie
Jean Sylvain Bailly, Voltaire
1777French
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Lettres sécrettes
Voltaire
1765French
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Lettres à Émilie sur la mythologie . 1, Première partie
Charles Albert Demoustier
1812French
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Lettres à Émilie sur la mythologie . 2, Seconde partie
Charles Albert Demoustier
1812French
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Lettres à Émilie sur la mythologie . 3, Troisième partie
Charles Albert Demoustier
1812French
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Lettres à Émilie sur la mythologie . 4, Quatrième partie
Charles Albert Demoustier
1812NOT
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Lettres à Émilie sur la mythologie . 5, Cinquième partie
Charles Albert Demoustier
1812NOT