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
- Read free
List of the Shells of the Cuba in the Collection of the British Museum
Alcide d'Orbigny
1854NOT
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Litauen
Albert Zweck
1898German
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Literarische Einleitung in die Nordische Mythologie
Karl F Köppen
1837German
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Literarische Fabeln
Tomás de Iriarte
1884German
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Lithographirte Thierzeichnungen als bildliche Darstellungen der Fabeln chlassischer Dichter
Raphael Winter
1816German
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Litterarische Fabeln
Tomás de Iriarte
1788German
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Litterarische Reise nach Griechenland Oder Briefe über die alten und neuern Griechen
Pierre Augustin Guys
1772German
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Litteratur der Landes- und Volkskunde des Königreichs Sachsen
Paul Emil Richter
1889German
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Litteratur der Landes- und Volkskunde des Königreichs Sachsen. 1
Paul Emil Richter
1892German
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Litteratur der Landes- und Volkskunde des Königreichs Sachsen. 2
Paul Emil Richter
1894German
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Litthauische und preußische Volkssagen
Friedrich Becker
1847German
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Livre de la Conqueste de la Toison d'or, par le Prince Jason de Tessalie
Jacques Gohory
1563FRM
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Locmani Fabulae quae circumferuntur
Luqmān
1839Arabic
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Locmani Sapientis fabulae 40
Luqmān
1831Arabic
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Locmani fabulae
Luqmān
1615NOT
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Locmani fabulae et plura loca ex codicibus maximam partem historicis selecta
Luqmān
1823Arabic
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Logen-Hierarchie, besonders in Bezug auf Krause's, Heldmanns und Gädicke's Freimaurer -Schriften
Johann Christoph Friedrich Gerlach
1819NOT
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Lokman'i sapientis fabulae arabicae
Luqmān
1796Arabic
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Lokman'i sapientis fabulae et selecta quaedam Arabum adagia
Luqmān
1636Arabic
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Lorelei
Wolfgang Müller von Königswinter
1851German
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Lose Blätter und Blüten
Peter Knauth
1883German
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Ludwig Aurbacher's gesammelte größere Erzählungen
Ludwig Aurbacher
1890NOT
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Ludwig Aurbachers Büchlein für die Jugend
Ludwig Aurbacher
1898German
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Ludwig Tieck's Schriften. 13, Märchen . Dramatische Gedichte. Fragmente
Ludwig Tieck
1829German