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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Nadelwaldflora Norddeutschlands
Fernando Höck
1893German
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Nala und Damajanti
Ludwig Bechstein
1852NOT
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Nassau in seinen Sagen , Geschichten und Liedern fremder und eigner Dichtung. 1, Der Taunus und der Main
Aloys Henninger
1845German
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Nassau in seinen Sagen , Geschichten und Liedern fremder und eigner Dichtung. 2, Der Rhein und das Rheingebirg
Aloys Henninger
1845German
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Nassau in seinen Sagen , Geschichten und Liedern fremder und eigner Dichtung. 3, Die Lahn und der Westerwald
Aloys Henninger
1845German
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Natalem LVIII. aug. princ. Guilielmi II. Elect. et Landgr. Hass. ... d. 28. Iul. oratione ... celebrandum indicit Car. Franc. Christ. Wagner
Karl Franz Christian Wagner
1834NOT
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Natalem serenissimae Principis ad Dominae nostrae in Gymnasio Guilielmo-Ernestino ... pie celebrandum indicit Ioh. Michael Heinzius
Johann Michael Heinze
1788Latin
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Natalis Comitis Mythologiae, Sive Explicationis Fabularvm, Libri decem
Natale Conti
1651Latin
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Nationalität und Sprache im Königreiche Belgien
Karl Brämer
1887German
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Načertanie slovjanskoj mifologii
Michail Ivanovič Kastorskij
1841Russian
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Neue Fabeln
Friedrich Carl von Moser
1789German
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Neue Fabeln
Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Wander
1846German
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Neue Fabeln
Ludwig Meyer von Knonau
1757German
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Neue Fabeln
Johann F Kazner
1775German
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Neue Fabeln für die Jugend und Jugendfreunde
J. A Meier
1840NOT
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Neue Fabeln oder moralische Gedichte
Daniel Stoppe
1745German
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Neue Fabeln und Erzehlungen
Karl Maximilian Wilhelm Petermann
1756German
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Neue Fabeln und Erzehlungen in gebundener Schreibart
Magnus Gottfried Lichtwer
1749German
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Neue Fabeln und Erzählungen
Daniel Wilhelm Triller
1752German
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Neue Lateinische Grammatica In Fabeln und Bildern
Johannes Buno
1651German
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Neue Maurer-Gedichte von K. G. Prätzel
Karl Gottlieb Prätzel
1842German
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Neue Märchen
Rudolf Baumbach
1894German
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Neue Märchen für große und kleine Kinder
Emmy Giehrl
1886German
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Neue Märchen für meine Enkel
Johann Georg Keil
1849German