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
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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
- Read free
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Ten Volumes - Volume I - Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque I
Edgar Allan Poe, Edmund Clarence Stedman, George Edward Woodbury
1894
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The Zankiwank & the Bletherwitch
Shafto Justin Adair Fitzgerald
1896
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The adventures of a brownie as told to my child
Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
1872
The book of Lilith
Barbara Black Koltuv
1986
The central Eskimo
Franz Boas
1888
The complete book of superstition, prophecy, and luck
Leonard R. N. Ashley
1995
The complete gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt
Richard H. Wilkinson
2003
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The daisy and her friends
Frances Freeling Broderip
1869
The epic
Paul Merchant
1971
The epic of Son-Jara
John William Johnson
1986
The epic strain in the English novel
E. M. W. Tillyard
1958
The epics of Celtic Ireland
Jean Markale
2000
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The favorite scholar
Mary Botham Howitt
1842
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The five days entertainments at Wentworth grange
Francis Turner Palgrave
1868
The girl who washed in moonlight
Margaret Mahy
1987
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The hare of Inaba
T. H. Mrs James
1892
The hero with a thousand faces
Joseph Campbell
1949
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The history of Sir Thomas Thumb
Mary Charlotte Yonge, Charlotte M. Yonge
1855
The hyena and the rock
B. M. Lusweti
1984
The king with six friends
Jay Williams, Imero Gobbato
1968
The kingdom under the sea and other stories
Joan Aiken, Jan Pieńkowski
1971
The laird of Stonehaven
Connie Mason
2003
The legend of Parshu-Raam
Vineet Aggarwal
2015
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The legend of the Christ child
Elizabeth Harrison
1890