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
- Read free
Poesia popurala
At. Marianu Marienescu
1859NOT
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Poetische Erzählungen nach altbretonischen Liebes- Sagen
de France Marie
1862German
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Poetische Fabeln und Erzählungen
Christian Fürchtegott Gellert
1842German
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Poetische Schriften. [3], Fabeln und Erzählungen
Justus Friedrich Wilhelm Zachariae
1782German
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Poetische Werke
Friedrich von Hagedorn
1825German
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Poetische und prosaische Werke. 1, Fabeln und Erzählungen
Christian Fürchtegott Gellert
1879German
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Politique des Nations. 1
Alexandre Etienne Guillaume de Théis
1828French
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Politique des Nations. 2
Alexandre Etienne Guillaume de Théis
1828French
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Politische Fabeln
Christian August Fischer
1796German
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Politische Fabeln und Erzehlungen
Johann Gottfried Kessel
1791German
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Polly Baker, oder das amerikanische Mädchen vor seinen Richtern
Benjamin Franklin
1782German
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Polska aż do pierwszéj połowy XVII wieku pod wzglėdem obyczajow i zwyczajow
Wacław Aleksander Maciejowski
1842Polish
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Pommersche Sagen , Balladen, Romanzen und Lieder
Ed. H Freyberg
1838German
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Pontici Virvnnii Viri Doctissimi Britannicae Historiae libri VI
Ludovicus Ponticus
1534Latin
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Pontius Pilatus der fünfte Prokurator von Judäa und Richter Jesu von Nazareth
Gustav Adolf Müller
1888German
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Populäre Mythologie , oder Götterlehre aller Völker
Joseph Seligmann Kohn
1845German
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Prager Sagen . 1
Clemens von Weyhrother
1863German
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Prager Sagen . 2
Clemens von Weyhrother
1864German
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Praktische Sittenlehre für die Jugend in ausgewählten Fabeln und Erzählungen
Tobias Heinrich Lotter
1821German
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Preußens Volkssagen , Mährchen und Legenden. 1
Widar Ziehnert
1842German
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Preußens Volkssagen , Mährchen und Legenden. 2
Widar Ziehnert
1840German
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Preußens Volkssagen , Mährchen und Legenden. 3
Widar Ziehnert
1840German
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Prinz Aldrovan, oder das Ungeheuer
Ludwig Tieck
1807German
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Prinzessin Sirta
Johann Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm Müller
1793German