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

Bild und Lied
Carl Robert
1881German

Blaubart
Helmut Barz
1897German
- Read free

Blätter für Verstand und Herz
1844NOT
- Read free

Blüthengärtlein
1854German
- Read free

Blüthengärtlein
1828German
- Read free

Bremen's Volkssagen . 1
1845German
- Read free

Bremen's Volkssagen . [2]
1845German
- Read free

Bremer Beiträger. 1, Gellerts Fabeln und geistliche Dichtungen
1889German
- Read free

Briefe über die bürgerliche Selbstständigkeit der Weiber
1806German
- Read free

Brüderliche Ermahnungen eines Freimaurers
1786German
- Read free

Buchenblätter
1849German
- Read free

Burjatskija skazki i pověr'ja, sobrannyja N. M. Changalovym, o. N. Zatopljaevym i drugimi
1889Russian
- Read free

Böhmischer Jesuiten Kehrauß, vnd Teutsche WeckUhr
1620German
- Read free

Bühnenstücke und Gedichte aus dem Kloster Beuerberg. Heft 11: Fastnachts-Singspiel (tempore Bachanalium) - BSB Cgm 5719(11
1740German
- Read free

Cahier dÍnscription des FF. Députés et visiteurs qui ont aidés par leurs lumières les Amis du Commerce dans leurs Travaux de lánnée de la V. L
1811French
- Read free

Catechismus der alten französischen Logen
1805NOT
- Read free

Catechismus der str[ikten] Ob[servanz] von 1764
1805NOT
- Read free

Ceremonies et Coustumes religieuses de tous les Peuples du monde. 7,2
1739NOT
- Read free

Chefs-d'oeuvre des auteurs comiques. 5, Marivaux, Piron, Gresset, Voltaire, J. J. Rousseau
1877French

Christusbilder
Ernst von Dobschütz
1899German
- Read free

Chroniken von Scheyern und Andechs. - Epistola presbyteri Johannis. - Legenden . - Werkkataloge, Inhaltsangaben und Exzerpte - BSB Cgm 2928
1429German
- Read free

Circus L. Wulff. Heute Montag den 17. August 1868: grosse Galla-Benefiz-Vorstellung zum Besten des Kunst- & Schulreiters Hrn. Felix Capite
1868German

Circé
Thomas Corneille
1675French
- Read free

Collection complète des mémoires relatifs à l'histoire de France
1819French