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
Virium, quae terreis remediis gratis hactenus adscriptae sunt, examen rigorosius
Balthasar Ludwig Tralles
1740Latin
- Read free
Vita di Esopo. Favole di Esopo
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1580Italian
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Vita et Fabellae
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
1505Latin
- Read free
Vocabulaire des Francs-Maçons
Étienne-François Bazot
1810French
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Vogel- Märchen
August Karl Eduard Baldamus
1876German
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Volcks- Sagen
Johann Karl Christoph Nachtigal
1800German
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Volks- Märchen aus Böhmen
J Milenowsky
1853German
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Volks- und Kinder-Spiele der Herzogthümer Schleswig, Holstein und Lauenburg
Heinrich Handelmann
1862German
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Volks-Sagen, Märchen und Legenden. 1
Johann Gustav Gottlieb Büsching
1812German
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Volks-Sagen, Märchen und Legenden. 2
Johann Gustav Gottlieb Büsching
1812German
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Volksbrauch, Aberglauben, Sagen und andre alte Ueberlieferungen im Voigtlande
Johann August Ernst Köhler
1867German
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Volksglaube und Volksbrauch der Siebenbürger Sachsen
Heinrich von Wlislocki
1893German
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Volkskunde (des Königreichs Bayern und zwar von...) Haus und Wohnung , Volkssage und Volksglaube , Volkssitte, Volkstracht, Nahrung
Eduard Fentsch
1862NOT
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Volkskunde von Baiern
Friedrich Wenz
1879German
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Volksmährchen aus Franken
Friedrich Wilhelm Viehbeck
1827German
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Volksmährchen und Sagen aus der Vorzeit
Ludwig Bowitsch, Georg Simanitsch
1860German
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Volkssagen -Buch der fränkischen Lande. 1
J. M Ruland
1854German
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Volkssagen -Buch der fränkischen Lande. 2
J. M Ruland
1854German
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Volkssagen aus dem Lande Baden und den angrenzenden Gegenden
Bernhard Baader
1851German
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Volkssagen aus der Umgebung des Uetliberges
Rud Baur
1843NOT
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Volkssagen und Legenden des Landes Paderborn
Josef Seiler
1848German
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Volkssagen und volksthümliche Denkmale der Lausitz
Heinrich Gottlob Gräve
1839German
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Volksthümliche Überlieferungen aus Teplitz und Umgebung
Gustav C Laube
1896German
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Volkstümliches aus Meiderich (Niederrhein)
Carl Dirksen
1895German