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
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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
In Quest Of The Holy Graal
Sebastian Evans
1898
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In mythland
M. Helen Beckwith
1896
Indian mythology
Veronica Ions
1967
Indigenous Writers of Taiwan
John Balcom
2005
Introduction to african oral literature and performance
Bayo Ogunjimi
2003
Introduction to mythology
Eva M Thury, Margaret K. Devinney
2004
Irish Popular Superstitions
William Robert Wills Wilde, W. R. Wilde
1852
Iron Gold
Pierce Brown
2018
Iwein
Hartmann von Aue, J.W. Thomas
1843
Jack and the Beanstalk
Gerda Muller
1985
Jack the Giant-Killer
Richard Doyle
1888
Jacobite Relics Of Scotland
James Hogg
1819
Jaya
Devdutt Pattanaik
2010
Kaïdara
Amadou Hampaté Bâ
1969
Knock on Wood
Carole Potter
1983
La Rama Dorada
James George Frazer
1997
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Legendary tales
Margaret Gatty
1858
Legends of Hawaii
Padraic Colum, COLUM
1657
Legends of the Celts
Frank Delaney
1989
Legends of the Ohio Valley, or, Thrilling incidents of Indian warfare
James H McMechen
1887
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Legends of the red children
Mara L. Pratt-Chadwick
1897
- Read free
Les mythologies de tous les peuples racontées à la jeunesse
Laure dame Bernard, Laure Bernard
1869French
Lightning never strikes twice (if you own a feather bed)
Vergilius Ture Anselm Ferm
1989
Lilith's cave
Howard Schwartz
1988