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
Hauntology
Merlin Coverley
2020
Choctaw prophecy
Tom Mould
2003
Raoul Le Fevre the History of Jason
J. Munro
1813

Irish Myths and Legends
Michael Scott
Date unknown
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Prøver af danske folkesagn
Just Mathias Thiele
1817Danish
Studies in Lapp shamanism
Louise Bäckman, Åke Hultkrantz
1978
Divination and the shamanic story
Michael Berman
2008
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"Als Nürnberg freie Reichsstadt war"
1895German
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50 Fabeln für die Jugend mit naturgeschichtlichen Schilderungen
1874German
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A Gift for Good Children: News from mythology and ancient historians/arranged by F. S. D
1829Polish
A History of Anglican Exorcism
Francis Young
2018

A Pocket Guide to Superstitions of the British Isles
Stephen Roud
2004
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A Tradição.
1899Portuguese
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ABC und Lesebuch für die ersten Anfänger im Lesen
1805German
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Ab-bildung Der zwar Hoch-betrübten, doch wol zeittigen vnd Allerschädlichten Röm: Reichs-Verderberin, Leich-bestättigung, Namens die Contribvtion
1631German
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Abbildung der den 15. Augusti 1702 durch die Keyßl. siegreiche Kriegs-Waffen , wider die Königl. Frantzösische Kriegs-Völcker u: deren Alyrten in Italien erfochtenen blutige Niderlag
1702German

Abenteuer und Rätsel einer europäischen Sage
Wilhelm Martin Esser
1876German
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Aberglaube und Sagen aus dem Herzogthum Oldenburg. 2
1867German
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Abhandlung von den Fingern, deren Verrichtungen und symbolische Bedeutung, in so ferne sie der deutschen Sprache Zusätze geliefert
1757German
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Abriss einer Mythologie für Künstler zu Vorlesungen. [1], Ansicht der Mythologie als Einladung zu den Wintervorlesungen
1796German
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Abrégé De La Langue Françoise En CCLXXXV. Dialogues Ou Traduction Du Vestibulum composé à l'usage de la Jeunesse qui apprend la langue Latine. ouvrage, qui renserme une grande Diversité de Remarques, et de Raisonnemens tir's de la Nature, de l'Antiquité, de l'Histoire, et de la Mythologie
1779French
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Acht schöne neue Weltliche Lieder
1775German
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Admonitio theologicae Facultatis in Acad. Witeb. ad scholasticam juventutem de libello famoso ... recens sparso, cui titulus est: Disputatio nova contra mulieres
1595NOT
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Aehrenkranz von Balladen, Romanzen und Sagen der deutschen Dichter neuester Zeit, 1815 bis 1837
1837German