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
Little Giant Encyclopedia
The Diagram Group
2007
Loaves, beds, plants and Osiris
Leo Roeten
2018
- Read free
Lobo, Rag, and Vixen, and pictures
Ernest Thompson Seton
1899
Loki
Louie Stowell, Enric Fontvila Batalla, JAVIER ROMA
2022
- Read free
Loveliness
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
1899
Luck
Barrie Dolnick, Anthony H. Davidson
2007
- Read free
Lulu's library
Louisa May Alcott
1886
MEXICO
James A. Michener
1992
Magic
Ernesto de Martino, Dorothy Louise Zinn
2015
Mammoth Book of Superstition
Roy Bainton
2016
Materials toward a history of witchcraft
Henry Charles Lea
1939
Memory in oral traditions
David C. Rubin
1995
Merlin
Merlin
1899
- Read free
Merry's book of tales and stories
J. N. Stearns
1860
Microbes and other shamanic beings
César Enrique Giraldo Herrera
2018
Monumens de la vie privée des douze Césars, d'après une suite de pierres gravées sous leur règne
Pierre-François Hugues d'Hancarville
1785
Morning Star
Pierce Brown
2016
Motif-index of folk-literature
Stith Thompson
1932
- Read free
Museum of foreign animals, or, History of beasts
Sidney Babcock
1828
- Read free
My Lord Bag-o'-Rice
Basil Hall Chamberlain
1892
Myth = Mithya
Devdutt Pattanaik
2008
Myth, legend & romance
Dáithí Ó hÓgáin
1990
Mythology and you
Donna Rosenberg
1981
Myths and legends of the Mackinacs and the Lake Region
Grace Franks Kane
1897