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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Collection des mémoires relatifs à l'histoire de France. 1, Introduction de l'éditeur. Oeconomies royales, Tome I
1820French
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Collection des mémoires relatifs à l'histoire de France. 2, Oeconomies royales, Tome II
1820French
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Collection des mémoires relatifs à l'histoire de France. 3, Oeconomies royales, Tome III
1820French
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Collection des mémoires relatifs à l'histoire de France. 4, Oeconomies royales, Tome IV
1820French
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Collection des mémoires relatifs à l'histoire de France. 5, Oeconomies royales, Tome V
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Collection des mémoires relatifs à l'histoire de France. 6, Oeconomies royales, Tome VI
1820French
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Collection des mémoires relatifs à l'histoire de France. 7, Oeconomies royales, Tome VII
1821French
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Collection des mémoires relatifs à l'histoire de France. 8, Oeconomies royales, Tome VIII
1821French
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Collection des mémoires relatifs à l'histoire de France. 9, Oeconomies royales, Tome IX
1821French
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Condor, Barbier, Räuber und Erzzauberer, und Prinzessin Wunderschön
1860German
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Connoissance de la mythologie
1768French
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Constitutions, Histoires, Loix, Charges, Reglements Et Usages, De La Tres Venerable Confrairie Des Acceptés Franc-Maçons
1741French
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Constitutions-Buch der Großen Provinzial-Loge von Hamburg und Nieder-Sachsen und derer unter ihrer Constitution arbeitenden Logen
1801NOT

Contes du soleil et de la brume
Anatole Le Braz
1880French
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Corrispondenza segreta sulla vita publica e privata del Conte di Cagliostro ... e gli ariani della setta de gl'Illuminati e liberi muratori
1791NOT
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Coud d'oeil sur l'esprit du siècle
1821French
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Coup d'Oeil anglois sur les Ceremonies du Mariage
1750French

Cuentos de lugares encantados
Mercedes Gaju
1989Spanish

Cuentos del general
Vicente Riva Palacio
1896Spanish
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Cuentos y leyendas
Vicente Barrantes
1875Spanish
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Cöln's Vorzeit
1826German
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Danziger Sagen . 1
1843German
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Danziger Sagen . 2
1844German
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Danziger Sagenbuch
1883German