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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Mythen der alten Perser als Quellen christlicher Glaubenslehren und Ritualien
Joseph Seligmann Kohn
1835German
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Mythen und Sagen aus dem steirischen Hochlande
Johann Krainz
1880German
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Mythengeschichte der asiatischen Welt. 1, Hinterasiatische Mythen
Joseph von Görres
1810German
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Mythengeschichte der asiatischen Welt. 2, Vorderasiatische Mythen
Joseph von Görres
1810German
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Mythoi Aisōpikoi
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1720NOT
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Mythologia
Marco A Tritonio
1560NOT
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Mythologia
1881Portuguese
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Mythologia
Natale Conti
1567NOT
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Mythologia Aesopica
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1610NOT
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Mythologia Aesopica seu Fabulae
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1610NOT
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Mythologia Ethica, Hoc Est Moralis philosophiae per fabulas brutis attributas, traditae amoenißimum viridarium
Arnold Freitag
1579Latin
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Mythologia Nummi Iani Ratiti Propemptica
Georg Wolfgang Wedel
1693Latin
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Mythologia deorum ac heroum
Heinricus Schaevius
1683NOT
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Mythologie , Ou Recueil Des Fables Grecques, Esopiques Et Sybaritiques
Pierre de Frasnay
1750French
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Mythologie der Feen und Elfen
Thomas Keightley
1828German
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Mythologie der Griechen
Martin Gottfried Hermann
1801German
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Mythologie der Griechen und Römer, für Freunde der schönen Künste
Karl Christoph Schmieder
1821German
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Mythologie der Griechen. 1
Johann Arnold Kanne
1805German
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Mythologie der Volkssagen und Volksmärchen
Joseph Seligmann Kohn
1848German
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Mythologie der alten Teutschen u. Slaven. in Verbindung mit dem Wissenswürdigsten aus dem Gebiethe der Sage und des Aberglaubens
1827German
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Mythologie der alten Völker, hauptsächlich der Inder, Aegypter, Griechen und Römer
L. K. L. Seidler
1836NOT
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Mythologie der nordischen Völker
Friedrich Gottlieb Neuenhagen
1794German
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Mythologie der nordischen und andern teutschen Völker
Friedrich Johann Scheller
1804German
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Mythologie des Dames
Jean P Brès
1810French