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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Mythoi Aisōpeioi
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
MDCCLXXXI.Ancient Greek
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Mœurs Des Sauvages Amériquains, Comparées Aux Mœurs Des Premiers Temps
Joseph François Lafitau
MDCCXXIV.French
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Onomasticon de simplicibus - BSB Cgm 662
di Santa Sofia Galeazzo
I-II: 1. Hälfte 15. Jh. ; III: 2. Hälfte 14. Jh.
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Phaedri Avgvsti Liberti Fabvlarvm Aesop. Libri Qvinqve
ca. 1. Jh Phaedrus
MDCCLXXXVI.Latin
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Phaedri Avgvsti Liberti Fabvlarvm Aesopiarvm Libri Qvinqve
ca. 1. Jh Phaedrus
MDCCLXXII.Latin
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Phaedri Avgvsti Liberti Fabvlarvm Aesopiarvm Libri V. Et Novarvm Fabvlarum Appendix
ca. 1. Jh Phaedrus
MDCCLXXII.Latin
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Phædri Aug. Liberti Fabulæ
ca. 1. Jh Phaedrus
MDCLXIV.Latin
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Phædri Augusti Liberti Fabulæ Æsopiæ
Neveleti Anonymus, ca. 4./5. Jh Avianus, ca. 1. Jh Phaedrus, Syrus Publilius
MDCCLXXXIVLatin
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Phædrus, Augusti Libertus
Abraham Freinsheim, Tanneguy Le Fèvre, Alexander Arnold Pagenstecher, ca. 1. Jh Phaedrus, Johann Ludwig Prasch, Konrad Rittershausen, Johannes Scheffer
A.O.R. MDCCXXI.German
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Sendtschreiben Oder Einfeltige Antwort an die Hocherleuchte Brüderschafft deß hochlöblichen Ordens deß RosenCreutzes, Auff Die von ihnen außgefertigte Famam und Confessionem der Fraternitet
C. H. C
M.DC.XV.German
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Sibylla TrygAndriana seu De Virginitate, Virginvm statu & iure Tractatvs Nouus & iucundus
Heinrich Kornmann
MDCX.Latin
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Sphynx Rosacea, Das ist, Der Entdeckung der Brüderschafft deß löblichen Ordens deß RosenCreutzes, unnd deren Famae und Bekandtnüß Ohngefährliche Muhtmassung
Christophorus Nigrinus
M.DC.XVIII.German
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Tractatus De Scorezzis
Francesco Morosini
MDCCLXXXIII.Latin
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Varjojen linnan prinssit
Laura Soinne
Date unknownFinnish
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Verbesserte Legend Der Heiligen
von Cochem Martin
Anno M.DCC.XXVI.German
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Vitae Patriarcharvm Alexandrinorvm Qvinqve. Specimen Primvm
Sāwīrus Ibn-al-Muqaffaʿ
A.C. MDCCLVIIIArabic
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Vitae Patriarcharvm Alexandrinorvm Qvinqve. Specimen Secvndum
Sāwīrus Ibn-al-Muqaffaʿ
A.C. MDCCLVIIIIArabic
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Waltheri (Pseudo-Aesopi) fabulae metro elegiaco cum scholiis - BSB Clm 609
ca. 4./5. Jh Avianus, Anglicus Gualterus
15. Jh.Latin
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Wunderwerck Oder Gottes vnergründtliches vorbilden, das er inn seinen gschöpffen allen so Geystlichen so leyblichen ... von anbegin der weldt biß zu vnserer diser zeit erscheynen ... lassen
Konrad Lykosthenes
M. D LVIIGerman
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Zwei Legenden aus der 'Legenda aurea', dt. - BSB Cgm 301
Genua Jacobus
Mitte/2. Hälfte 15. Jh.German
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Æsopi Phrygis Et Aliorvm Fabvlæ
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus, Lorenzo Astemio, Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini
M.D.LXXXIII.Latin
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Æsopi Phrygis Fabvlarvm Selectarvm Partes duae Graecolatinae
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
Anno M.DCVI.Ancient Greek
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Æsopi Phrygis Fabvlæ, Elegantissimis iconibus veras animalium species ad viuum adumbrantibus
ca. v6. Jh Aesopus
M.D.XCVI.Ancient Greek
Japanese tales of fantasy and folklore
Naoshi Kōriyama, Bruce Allen, Karen Laura Thornber
2024