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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Phaedri Augusti Liberti et Fl. Aviani Fabulae
ca. 4./5. Jh Avianus, ca. 1. Jh Phaedrus
1758Greek
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Phaedri Augusti Liberti fabularum Aesopiarum libri V. ... Oder: Deutliche ... Erklärung der Aesopischen Fabeln
ca. 1. Jh Phaedrus
1746German
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Phaedri Augusti liberti Fabulae Aesopiae veteres et novae
ca. 1. Jh Phaedrus
1896Latin
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Phaedri Avg Liberti Fabvlae Aesopiae
ca. 1. Jh Phaedrus
1657Latin
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Phaedri Avgvsti Liberti Fabvlae Aesopiae
ca. 1. Jh Phaedrus, Syrus Publilius
1753Latin
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Phaedri Avgvsti Liberti Fabvlarvm Aesopiarvm Libri V
ca. 1. Jh Phaedrus
1825Latin
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Phaedri Avgvsti Liberti Fabvlarvm Aesopiarvm Libri V. Et Novarvm Fabvlarvm Appendix
ca. 1. Jh Phaedrus
1778Latin
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Phaedri Avgvsti Liberti Selectae Fabvlae
ca. 1. Jh Phaedrus
1779German
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Phaedri Fabulae Aesopiae
ca. 1. Jh Phaedrus
1893Latin
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Phaedri Fabulae novae et veteres
ca. 1. Jh Phaedrus
1812NOT
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Phaedri Fabularum Aesopiarum Libri Qvinqve
ca. 1. Jh Phaedrus
1673French
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Phaedri Fabularum Aesopiarum libri V
ca. 1. Jh Phaedrus
1848Latin
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Phaedri fabulae
ca. 1. Jh Phaedrus
1870NOT
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Phaedri, Augusti Caesaris Liberti, Fabularum Aesopiarum Libri Quinque
ca. 1. Jh Phaedrus
1667Latin
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Phaedri, Augusti Liberti, Fabularum Aesopiarum Libri Quinque
ca. 1. Jh Phaedrus
1671Latin
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Phaedri, Augusti Liberti, Fabularum Aesopicarum Libri Quinque
ca. 1. Jh Phaedrus
1797Latin
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Phaedri, Avg. Liberti Fabvlarvm Aesopiarvm Libri V
Liberalis Antoninus, Abraham van Berkel, Gabriello Faerno, ca. 1. Jh Phaedrus, Syrus Publilius, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, ca. 4./5. Jh Symphosius
1713Ancient Greek
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Phaläna und Meli
Marie Schoultz von Ascheraden
1882NOT
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Phamenophis oder Versuch einer neuen Theorie über den Ursprung der Kunst und Mythologie
Karl Friedrich Dornedden
1797Ancient Greek
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Philologikai episkepseis tōn en tō biō tōn neōterōn kypriōn mnēmeiōn tōn archaiōn. 1, Meros A. Mythologia tōn kypriōn. Meros B. Ēthē, ethima kai doxasiai autōn
Geōrgios Lukas
1874Greek
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Philosophia Sinica Tribus tractatibus
François Noël
1711Latin
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Philosophie der Mythologie , Vorlesung SS 1836/37, nachgeschrieben von Anton Eberz - BSB Cgm 7473
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling
1836German
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Philosophie der Mythologie I, Vorlesung München SS 1834 - BSB Cgm 8458
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling
1834German
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Philosophie der Mythologie II, Vorlesung München WS 1835/36 - BSB Cgm 8459
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling
1835German