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
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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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Miscellanies upon various subjects. 5th ed., to which is added Hydriotaphia, or Urn Burial
John Aubrey, Thomas Browne
1890
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Moyarra
George William Rusden
1851
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Nymphs, nixies and naiads
Mary Anna Buck Evans
1895
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Pseudepigrapha
William John Deane
1891
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Stories
Hans Christian Andersen
1891
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Tales of the ancient British Church
Robert Wilson Evans
1841
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The Hierophant; or, Gleanings from the past. Being an exposition of biblical astronomy, and the symbolism and mysteries on which were founded all ancient religions and secret societies. Also an explanation of the dark sayings and allegories which abound in the pagan, Jewish and Christian bibles: also, the real sense of the doctrines and observances of the modern Christian churches
G. C. Stewart
1859
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The Indian religions
Hargrave Jennings
1858
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The diamond fairy book
H. R. Millar, Frank Cheyne Papé
1897
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The general prevalence of the worship of human spirits, in the ancient heathen nations, asserted and proved
Hugh Farmer
1783
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Wald- und Feldkulte
Wilhelm Mannhardt
1875German
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1000 mythological characters briefly described
Edward Sylvester Ellis
1895
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1642-1892, legends of Woburn
Parker Lindall Converse
1892
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A new catalogue of vulgar errors
Stephen Fovargue, Thomas Sir Browne
1767
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An Essay Towards a Natural History of Serpents: In Two Parts ... : the Whole Intermix'd with ..
Charles Owen
1742
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Astinome
G. Lerner, Carlo Francesco Libretto for: Pollarolo
1719Italian
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Beauty and the beast
Walter Crane, Edmund Evans, Elizabeth d'Hauteville Kean, George Routledge and Sons, Madame Leprince de Beaumont
1874
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Bluebeard's picture book
Walter Crane, Edmund Evans, Elizabeth d'Hauteville Kean
1875
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Carleton's condensed classical dictionary
George Washington Carleton
1882
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Cinderella, or, The little glass slipper
Peter Heins, Robert Anning Bell, Ethyl L. Heins, Margery Heins, publisher J. M. Dent & Co., Grace Little Rhys, printer Turnbull & Spears
1894
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Dizionario mitologico, ovvero, Della favola, storico, poetico, simbolico ec. in cui esattamente si spiega l'origine degli dei, de' semidei, e degli eroi dell' antico gentilesimo, i misterj, i dogmi, il culto, i sacrifizj, i giuochi, le feste, e tutto ciò, che appartiene alla religione de' gentili ...
André de Claustre, Antonio Baratti, Giambattista Novelli
1776Italian
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Domestic folk-lore
T. F. Thiselton Dyer
1881
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Epitalamio di Catullo nelle nozze di Peleo e Teti
Gaius Valerius Catullus, Bibliothèque des Fontaines, former owner, Giuseppe Lazzari, printer Tipografia della Minerva
1819Italian
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Error's chains
Frank Stockton Dobbins, Frank Frank Stockton Dobbins, Isaac Isaac Hollister Hall, S. Wells Williams
1883