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
The life and traditions of the red man
Joseph Nicolar
1893
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The lively city o' Ligg
Gelett Burgess
1899
The magic fish
Freya Littledale, Ed Arno
1966
The maiden of Northland
Aaron Shepard
1995
The masks of God
Joseph Campbell
1959
The modern vampire and human identity
Deborah Mutch
2013
The princess, the mud pies, and the dragon
Lily Ernesto
1995
The psychology of superstition
Gustav Jahoda
1969
The rise of the vampire
Erik Butler
2013
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The rose and the ring, or, The history of Prince Giglio and Prince Bulbo
William Makepeace Thackeray
1854
The sacred theory of the earth
Thomas Burnet
1726
The secret history of Bigfoot
John O'Connor
2024
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The serpent with eight heads
Basil Hall Chamberlain
1892
The son of sobek
Rick Riordan
2013Chinese
The squire's tale
Geoffrey Chaucer
1899
The storks
Hans Christian Andersen
1880
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The story of Hiawatha
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
1899
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The story of Jack and the giants
George Dalziel, Richard Doyle
1851
The story of ancient Japan
Yasumaro Ō, Gustav Heldt, Tsukuru Fujimura, Kazutami Nishimiya, Norinaga Motoori, B. Chamberlain, M. Shibata, Basil Hall Chamberlain, 周作人, 倉野憲司
1687
The talking yam
Cheyenne Randall
1995
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The wanderings of Ulysses
C. Witt
1885
The white doe of Rylstone, or, The fate of the Nortons
William Wordsworth
1815
The woman's dictionary of symbols and sacred objects
Barbara G. Walker
1988
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston
1937