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
Era
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Baekeland, of de rooversbende van 't Vrijbusch
1860NOT
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Baierische Volks- Sagen . 1
1826German
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Baierische Volks- Sagen . 2
1826German
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Bajarz polski
A. J. Gliński
1881
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Bavaria
1866German
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Bavaria
1862German
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Bavaria
1864German
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Bavaria
1868German
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Bavaria
1860German
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Bayerns Helden- und Balladenbuch. 3, Kunden und Sagen von der alten Landshut und andern Orten in Bayern
1865German
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Bayerns Helden- und Balladenbuch. [1], Am Donaustrand
1864German
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Bayerns Helden- und Balladenbuch. [2], Kunden und Sagen von der alten Landshut und anderen Orten in Bayern
1865German
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Bayerns Helden- und Balladenbuch. [3], Aus den bayerischen Landen
1867German
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Bayerns Mundarten
1895German
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Bayerns Mundarten
1892German
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Beantwortetes Jungfraw-Schreiben
1631German
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Beiträge zur Kritik der französischen Karlsepen
1881German
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Beiträge zur Siedelungs- und Volkskunde der Siebenbürger Sachsen
1895German
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Beiträge zur Volkskunde
1896German
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Beiträge zur Volkskunde der Deutschen in Mähren
1893German
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Berlinisches Historienbuch
1851German
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Betrachtungen und Übungen - Dombibliothek Freising Alto MS Z 00038
1756German
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Beweiß, daß der Richterliche-Spruch des Dantziger-Raths wider die dortigen Freymaurer, ohne alle rechtsförmige Anklage und Verhör geschehen, daher ungültig und der Ehre der Richter äusserst nachtheilig sey
1763German
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Bibliothek der Damen; oder Sammlung lehrreicher und angenehmer Abhandlungen zur Bildung, Nutzen und Vergnügen des schönen Geschlechts
1766German