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
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Wings and stings
A. L. O. E
1872

Witches' Sabbath
Charity Blackstock
1961

Wizards and Witches (Enchanted World)
Brendan Lehane, Time-Life Books
1984

Woman who glows in the dark
Elena Avila
1999
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Woman's rights and duties
1840
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Wonderful stories from northern lands
Julia Goddard
1871

Zoological Mythology; Or, the Legends of Animals
Angelo De Gubernatis
1872
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[A book of cheerful cats and other animated animals
J. G Francis
1892
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Æesop's fables
Harrison Weir
1890

Ḥibur yafeh meha-yeshuʻah
Nissim ben Jacob ben Nissim ibn Shahin
1746Hebrew
Granny Kempock
Nigel Rennie
2020
Martin Delrio
Jan Machielsen
2015
Shakespeare’s Demonology
Jo Ann Esra, Marion Gibson
2014
Cartomancy and tarot in film
Emily Elisabeth Auger
2016
The Realities of Witchcraft and Popular Magic in Early Modern Europe
Edward Bever
2008
The witch in history
Diane Purkiss
1996
Japanese ghost stories
Lafcadio Hearn, Paul Murray
2019
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Aesopi vita - BSB Cod.graec. 525
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
14. Jh.Ancient Greek
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Aesopus graecus
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
[16. Jh.]Latin
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Antōninu Liberalis Metamorphōseōn Synagōgē
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus, Liberalis Antoninus
MDCCXCI.Ancient Greek
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Aviani Fabulae [u.a.] - BSB Clm 18910
Rufius Festus Avienus
15. Jh.Latin
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Codex (liber 1-9) - BSB Clm 3884
Byzantinisches Reich Justinian I.
4. Viertel 13. Jh.Latin
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Collectio capitularium - BSB Clm 6360
Fontanellensis Ansegisus
2. Hälfte 10. Jh.Latin
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Contes du pays d'Armor
Marie Delorme, François-Marie Luzel, Firmin Bouisset, Gustave Bourgain, Henri Lanos, Charles Martin, Émile Mas, Louis Moulignié, Albert Robida, Hermann Vogel
Date unknownFrench