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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Numotheca numismatica latomorum. 7
Ernst Zacharias
1844German
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Nußknacker und Mausekönig
E. T. A Hoffmann, Carl Reinecke
1880NOT
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Nádor-codex, a Pesti Egyetemi Könyvtár eredetiéböl bevezetéssel és szótárral
1857Hungarian
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Nährpflanzen Mitteleuropas
Fernando Höck
1890German
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Nürnberger Sagen
Theodor Aufsberg
1893German
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Nürnberger Sagen und Geschichten
Johann Paul Priem
1870German
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Oberösterreichische Volks- Sagen
Kajetan Alois Gloning
1884NOT
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Observations historiques et critiques sur le Mahometisme
George Sale
1751French
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Observations sur une pratique superstitieuse attribuée aux Druzes, et sur la doctrine des Nosaïriens
Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy
1827NOT
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Ode auf den Kaiser bey Gelegenheit des Freymaurerschutzes
Georg Ferdinand Deurer
1786German
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Oerwarodd, das Heldenkind
Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger
1844NOT
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Oesterreichische Geschichtslügen
Georg Emanuel Haas, Joseph Alexander von Helfert
1897German
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Oeuvres Complètes De Fr'eret, Secrétaire de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. 18, Mythologie
Nicolas Fréret
1796French
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Oeuvres De Theatre De Mr. De Boissy. 8
Louis de Boissy
1748French
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Oeuvres complètes de Sénèque le philosophe
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
1842French
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Olam Haneshamot
George Bennet
1800NOT
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Olympiae Fvlviae Moratae ... Opera omnia cum eruditorum testimonijs
Olympia Fulvia Morata
1580Latin
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Omnium gentium mores leges et ritus
Johann Boehme
1536NOT
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Omnivm Gentivm Mores, Leges & Ritus
Johann Boehme
1536Latin
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Omnivm Gentivm Mores, Leges Et Ritus
Johann Boehme
1571Latin
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Opbyggelige Udlaeggelse af Jesu Christi Bjergpraediken
Martin Luther
1867NOT
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Opera
Mythographus Hyginus
1608NOT
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Opera P. Virgilii Maronis
Publius Vergilius Maro
1778Ancient Greek
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Oratio de constanti ac non mutabili orientalium ingenio, sacrarum literarum cultoribus suos in usus diligenter observando
Joannes H Pareau
1810NOT