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
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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Über ein Denkmal der indischen Mythologie
Othmar Frank
1838German
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Über ein Denkmal in der indischen Mythologie
Othmar Frank
1837NOT
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Über einige indisch-mythologische Darstellungen
Othmar Frank
1838German
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Über geheime Gesellschaften zu populärer Aufklärung
Ignaz Aurelius Fessler
1786German
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Überreste vorweltliche Riesenthiere in Beziehung zu Ostasiatischen Sagen und Chinesischen Schriften
Ignaz von Olfers
1839German
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〈...〉"Buch der vier Wiesen" enth. Mythologie und Geschichte der alten Perser bis auf Chosnu Perwis
Farzânah Bahrâm
1270Persian
"Evil people"
Johannes Dillinger, Laura Stokes
2009

#Horror
Siddhartha Sarma
2018

12 Rules for Life
Jordan B. Peterson
2015

50 great horror stories
John Canning
1969

7 secrets of Shiva
Devdutt Pattanaik
2011

A Dictionary of omens and superstitions
Philippa Waring
1978

A Doré gallery
Gustave Doré
1870

A Guide to Irish Mythology
Daragh Smyth
1988

A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara
2008

A Noite do Tigre
Yangsze Choo
2019

A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini
2007

A Vow A Ring A Baby Swing
Teresa Southwick
1999

A Woman's Guide to the Earth Traditions
Vivianne Crowley
2001

A book of giants
Ruth Manning-Sanders
1962
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A book of golden deeds of all times and all lands
Mary Charlotte Yonge
1870

A treasury of American superstitions
Claudia de Lys
1948
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Aaron in the wildwoods
Joel Chandler Harris
1897
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Aelteste Urkunde der Freimaurer in England
1840