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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Siedlungsarten in den Hochalpen
Ferdinand Löwl
1888German
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Siegburg u. der Siegkreis
Aegidius Müller
1859NOT
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Siegwart
Johann Martin Miller
1844German
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Sights and thougts in Foreign churches and among Foreign Peoples
Frederick William Faber
1842NOT
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Silentivm Post Clamores, Hoc Est, Tractatvs Apologeticvs
Michael Maier
1617Latin
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Silva gadelica (I.-XXXI.)
1892Irish
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Singen und Sagen
Rudolf Goette
1894NOT
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Sinister Resonance: The Mediumship of the Listener
David Toop
2024
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Sir Gowther
Karl Hermann Breul
1886German
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Sitten und Gebräuche der merkwürdigsten Nationen
Johann Gottfried Gruber
1803German
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Skandinavische Bibliothek
Christian Winther
1847German
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Skandinavische Bibliothek
Esaias Tegnér
1850German
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Skazanija evrejskich pisatelej o chazarach i chazarskom carstvĕ
Avraam Ja Garkavi
1874Hebrew
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Skizze und Fragmente einer Geschichte der Menschheit in Rücksicht auf Aufklärung und Volksfreyheit. 1
Christian Ulrich Detlev von Eggers
1803German
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Skizze und Fragmente einer Geschichte der Menschheit in Rücksicht auf Aufklärung und Volksfreyheit. 3
Christian Ulrich Detlev von Eggers
1804German
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Skizzen aus Schellings Abhandlung über das Wesen der menschlichen Freiheit 1830 - BSB Cgm 6314
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling
1830German
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Skizzen einer Fußreise durch Oesterreich, Steiermark, Kärnthen, Salzburg, Berchtesgaden, Tirol und Baiern nach Wien
Joseph Kyselak
1829German
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Sneewittchen
Franz Abt, August Hermann Franke
1880German
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Soendanesche Bloemlezing
G. J Grashuis
1891NOT
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Sonntagskinder
Minna Wolfbauer
1857NOT
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Sonntagsruhe
Peter Rosegger
1883German
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Spanien und die Spanier
Manuel G. de Cuendias
1849German
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Speck auf der Fall
S Mundus
1618NOT
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Spiegel der Vernunfft oder Moralische Sittenlehren
Johann Christoph Kolb
1720German