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
Myths and symbols in pagan Europe
Hilda Roderick Ellis Davidson
1988
Myths of the Cherokee and Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees
James Mooney
1982
Myths to live by
Joseph Campbell
1972
Myths traced to their primary source through language
Morgan Peter Kavanagh
1856
Necronomicon
H.P. Lovecraft
2008
Norse Mythology
Neil Gaiman, Anna Llisterri
2016
Norse mythology
John Lindow
2001
Nós matámos o Cão-Tinhoso
Luís Bernardo Honwana
1964
Old Norse folklore
Stephen A. Mitchell
2025
Omaha and Ponka letters
James Owen Dorsey
1891
Once Upon A Dream
Mary Balogh, Grace Burrowes
2016
Once upon a time
Marina Warner
2014
Only Time Will Tell
Jeffrey Archer
2011
Oral literature
Joseph J. Duggan
1975
- Read free
Other stories
Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen Baron Brabourne
1880
Out of the Attic
V.C. Andrews
2020
Pachinko
Min Jin Lee
2017
Panchatantra
Shivkumar
1979
Parallel myths
J. F. Bierlein
1994
Paranormal states
Douglas Osto
2024
Peony lantern tales
Fumiko Jōo, You Qu, Reijo Arakida
2025
Phaedra
Seneca the Younger
1813
Philippine folk literature
Damiana L. Eugenio
1993
Pilgrim's Inn; or, The Herb of Grace
Elizabeth Goudge
1948