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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De osculis discursus philologici
Johann Friedrich Heckel
Aô Chr. M.DC.LXXXIXLatin
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De vuurvogel en de grijze wolf
Anonymous, A. v. d Buffelen
Date unknownDutch
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Des Cultes Qui Ont Précédé Et Amené L'Idolatrie Ou L'Adoration Des Figures Humaines
Jacques Antoine Dulaure
M.D.CCCV.French
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Epistulae - BSB Clm 6290
Clairvaux Bernard
frühes 13. Jh.Latin
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Fabellae Aesopicae Qvaedam Notiores Et In Scholis Usitatae
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
MDCCLII.Latin
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Fabellæ Æsopicæ Quædam Notiores Et In Scholis Usitatæ
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
MDCCXV.Latin
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Fabeln und Erzählungen. Erster Theil
Christian Fürchtegott Gellert
MDCCLXII.German
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Fabeln und Erzählungen. Zweyter Theil
Christian Fürchtegott Gellert
MDCCLXII.German
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Fabulae (fragmenta) - BSB Clm 6437
Mythographus Hyginus
um 900Latin
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Frysk mearkesboek
Janneke Ratsma, Johan Dykstra
Date unknown
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Hermanni von der Hardt, Academiae Juliæ Pro-Rectoris & Præpos. Mariæb. Detecta Mythologia Græcorum In Decantato Pygmæorum, Gruum & Perdicum Bello
Hermann von der Hardt
MDCCXVI.Ancient Greek
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Herr Lutherus thät sagen - BSB Cgm 6250(6
Hans Steinlein
16./17. Jh.
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Hieronymi Freyeri Paed. Reg. Glavch. Insp. Colloqvia Terentiana
ca. 1. Jh Phaedrus, Titus Maccius Plautus, Publius Terentius Afer
Anno MDCCXXVII.Latin
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Histoire De La Religion Des Banians
Henry Lord
M.DC.LXVII.French
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Historia Vnd Christliche Legenden , von der heiligen zwölff Apostel vnsers Herrn Jesu Christi, Jtem, von Sanct Pauli, Auch beider heiligen Euangelisten S. Luce vnd S.Marci, beruff, lehre, leben ... Auß heiliger Göttlicher, vnd der alten Lerer glaubwirdigen Schrifften, auch andern Kirchenhistorien, zusammen getragen vnd verdeutscht
Wendel Schemp
M.D.LXXIXGerman
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Hänsel und Gretel
Engelbert Humperdinck, Adelheid Wette
[19. Jh.]German
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Io. Georgii Pritii, D. Et Professoris Theologi Regii, De Statv Religionis Christianae In Regno Sinensi Ob Cvltum Confvtii Pertvrbato Relatio
Johann Georg Pritius
MDCCXIX.Latin
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Ioannis Georgii Frickii, Ioan. Fil. tu makaritu ... Pastoris Et Gymnasii Visitatoris Itemqve Societatis Tevtonicae Lipsiensis Sodalis Commentatio De Drvidis Occidentalivm Popvlorvm Philosophis
Johann Georg Frick
MDCCXLIV.Latin
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Ioh. Frid. Christii Fabvlarvm Vetervm Aesopiarvm Libri Dvo
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
A.C.N. MDCCXXXXVIIIILatin
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Ivdicia Clarissimorvm Aliqvot Ac Doctissimorvm Virorvm, Locorvm Intervalis Dissitorum, grauissima de Statu & Religione Fraternitatis celebratissimæ de Rosea Cruce
P. K
M.DC.XVI.German
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Johan. Jonstonii, Doctoris Medici De Festis Hebraeorum Et Graecorum Schediasma
Jan Jonston
M DC LXX.Latin
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Kalīla wa-Dimna - BSB Cod.arab. 615
Ibn-al-Muqaffaʿ, ʿAbdallāh
16./17. Jh. [?]Arabic
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La Donna Qual Si Vorrebbe
Tommaso Campastri
MDCCLXXI.Italian
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Lex Baiuvariorum - BSB Clm 4639
Argentinensis Burchardus
2. Hälfte 12. Jh./1. Hälfte 14. Jh.Latin