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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Theorie der Dichtkunst
Josef Loreye
1801German
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Theses inaugurales de virginibus
Catharina Florida Paphiensis
1623NOT
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Thiergeschichten
Emil Marriot
1899German
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Thomae Erpenii Grammatica Arabica
Thomas Erpenius
1767Arabic
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Thomae Tyrwhitt Dissertatio De Babrio Fabularum Aesopearum Scriptore
Thomas Tyrwhitt
1785Ancient Greek
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Thomas Broughthons Historisches Lexicon aller Religionen seit der Schöpfung der Welt bis auf gegenwärtige Zeit
Thomas Broughton
1756German
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Thomas Moore's poetische Werke
Thomas Moore
1839German
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Théâtre de M.-J. de Chénier. 3, Théatre posthume
Marie Joseph Blaise de Chénier
1821NOT
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Thüringische Sagen und Volksmährchen. 1. Band, Truthina, das Wunderfräulein der Berge
Christian August Vulpius
1822German
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Thüringische Sagen und Volksmährchen. Zweites Bändchen
Christian August Vulpius
1823German
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Tiecks Werke. 2, [Märchen, Novellen]
Ludwig Tieck
1892German
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Tillers von Tscherlow philosophische Abhandlung von den bekanntesten Sprichwörtern der alten Deutschen
Otto Sager
1777German
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Tintinabulum Sophorum Oder Fernere, gründliche entdeckung der gotseligen gesegneten Brüderschafft deß löblichen Ordens deß Rosencreutzes
Friedrich Grick
1619NOT
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Tituli Pandectarum ultimi, qui est de diversis regulis iuris antiqui leges priores XXII. in IV. disputationes distributae
Johann Halbritter, Johann Ulrich Wolff von Todtenwarth
1614NOT
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Tod und ewiges Leben im Deutschen Volksglauben
Oskar Schwebel
1887German
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Torrubia, Prediger und apostolischer Missionär, Censor und Revisor der hohen Inquisizion, Pater der Provinz zu Mexiko, und General-Geschichtschreiber des Franziskanerordens in Asien &c. Schildwache gegen die Freymaurer
José Torrubia
1785German
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Trachten, Sitten, Bräuche und Sagen in der Ortenau und im Kinzigthal
J. J Hoffmann
1899German
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Trachtenbuch des Mittel-Alters
Heinrich Wagner
1830German
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Tractatio Ivridica De Prioritate Ac Posterioritate Temporis Dvbia Atqve Incerta Oder: Was Rechtens sey: wenn man nicht gewiß sagen kann, welches der Zeit nach eher oder später geschehen
Christian Thomasius
1736Latin
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Tractatio Synoptica De Principio Lauterbachiano: Qui nititur Lege Justinianea, fundatam habet intentionem &c
Johann Peter Banniza von Bazan, Anton Michael Hartmann
1745Latin
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Tractatus Juridico-Politicus, De Regali Viarum Publicarum Jure
Ahasver Fritsch
1662Latin
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Tractätgen von denen Jüdischen Fabeln und Aberglauben
Friedrich W Reich
1717NOT
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Tragemunt
Ernst Ludwig Rochholz
1850German
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Traité des festins
Pierre Muret
1682French