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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Michaelis Friderici Lochneri, Archiatr. Caesar. Nerivm Sive Rhododaphne Vetervm Et Recentiorvm
Michael Friedrich Lochner
1716Ancient Greek
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Miracle de Nostre Dame d Berthe fme du roy Pepin q ly fu changee t puis la retrouua
1839French
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Miracle de Nostre Dame de la marqse de la Gaudine, qui par laccusemt de loncle de son mari auql son mari lauoit comise a garder fu condampnee a ardoir
1841French
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Missiv an die Hocherleuchtete Brüderschaft des Ordens des Goldenen und Rosenkreutzes. Lux in Cruce et Crux in Luce
Georg Christoph Brendel
1783German
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Mittelalterliche Sagen vom Paradiese und vom Holze des Kreuzes Christi
Franz Kampers
1897German
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Mittelalterliche Volkssagen als Ausdruck religiös-politischer Kämpfe
Konrad Thuemmel
1898NOT
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Mitteldeutsche Fabeln . II, Text
Karl Eichhorn
1897German
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Mitteldeutsche Fabeln . III, Untersuchung über die Quellen
Karl Eichhorn
1898German
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Mittheilungen an denkende Freymaurer
Friedrich Mossdorf
1818NOT
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Mochammads Lehre von Gott
Wilhelm Haller
1779German
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Moden und Trachten
Hermann Hauff
1840German
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Modeste et Faucon
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
1778French
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Mohamed
Konrad Engelbert Oelsner
1810German
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Mongolische Märchen
Bernhard Jülg
1867German
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Moralia interpretatio erorum Ulyssis Homerici ([Reprod.])
Porphyre
1542Latin
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Moralische Erzählungen. 1
August Heinrich Julius Lafontaine
1794German
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Moralische Fabeln
Ludvig Holberg
1752German
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Mores, Leges Et Ritvs Omnivm Gentivm
Johann Boehme
1556Latin
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Mores, leges et ritus omnium gentium
Johann Boehme
1560Latin
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Morgenländische Alterthumskunde oder Beschreibung der Religion, Gesetze, Sitten ... der alten morgenländischen Völker
Johann Gottfried Ludwig Kosegarten
1831NOT
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Musik und Tanz
Wilhelm Scheffler
1885NOT
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Musikalische Märchen , Phantasien und Skizzen
Elise Polko
1857NOT
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Mutterliebe
Walter Grosse
1886German
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Mysterien eines Freimaurers
Heribert Rau
1844German