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
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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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2005 Thomas Inman ~ Ancient Pagan And Modern Christian Symbolism 2E (1874) [Celephaïs Press]
Thomas Inman
1874
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A New System of Mythology: Giving a Full Account of the Idolatry of the Pagan World
M.D Robert Mayo
1816
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Ad Apollodori Bibliothecam observationes
Christian Gottlob Heyne
1803Latin
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American Antiquities (1834) Josiah Priest
Victorian Vault
1834
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Atlantic Isles
Gareth Roddy
2025
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Bell's New Pantheon; Or, Historical Dictionary Of The Gods, Demi Gods, Heroes, And Fabulous Personages Of Antiquity 2 Vols. COMPLETE
John Bell
1789
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Bell's edition. The poets of Great Britain complete from Chaucer to Churchill
John Bell
1777
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Bibliography bulletin
New York State Library
1895
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Bulfinch’s Mythology: The Age of Fable, The Age of Chivalry, Legends of Charlemagne - Thomas Bulfinch - Mythological Pantheons, Ritual Symbolism, Sacred Narratives, Legendary Beings, Divine Mythopoesis, Ancient Folklore, Theogony, Mythic Origins, Legendary History -1-3 Volumes -
W. Blackwood Thomas Cadell
1827
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Can Such Things Be?
Ambrose Bierce
1893
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Caroli Paschalij regis in sacro consistorio consiliarij, et apud rhaetos legati Coronae
Carlo Paschal
1610Latin
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Chapter 18 Derivative and Associative Popular Frazerism
Alessandro Testa
2025
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Cicero on the Immortality of the Soul: Tusculan Disputations, Book I (1833, Moses Stuart Edition)
Marcus Tullius Cicero; edited and translated by Moses Stuart
1833
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Commerce Of The Prairies (1849) Josiah Gregg
Victorian Vault
1849
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Contes des fées
Marie-Catherine Le Jumelle de Berneville comtesse d'Aulnoy, Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville baronne d' Aulnoy, Jean de Préchac, Louise de Bossigny Auneuil
1698French
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Culturstudien aus drei Jahrhunderten
Wilhelm Heinrich Riehl
1859German
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Days of deer-stalking in the Scottish highlands (1883) by William Scrope; Illustrated by Sir Edwin and Charles Landseer
William Scrope
1883
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Decamerone
Giovanni Boccaccio
1516
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Die träume in den altfranzösischen Karls- und Artus-epen
Richard Mentz
1887German
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Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
1818
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Gleasons Pictorial American Revolution 1853
Frederick Gleason
1853
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Histoire de ma vie
George Sand
1854French
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Hrabě Monte Cristo. Díl 1 a 2 (třísvazkové vydání)
Alexandre Dumas
1830
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Hypnerotomachia Poliphili
Francesco Colonna
1499