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
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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Deutsche Heldensagen des Mittelalters
1874NOT
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Deutsche Mythologie . 1
1844German
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Deutsche Mythologie . 2
1844German
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Deutsche Märchen
1864German
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Deutsche Märchen und Sagen
1845German
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Deutsche Sagen
1863German
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Deutsche Sagen
1894German
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Deutsche Sagen , Sitten und Gebräuche aus Schwaben. 1
1852German
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Deutsche Sagen , Sitten und Gebräuche aus Schwaben. 2
1852German
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Deutsche Sagen . 1
1865German
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Deutsche Sagen . 2
1866German
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Deutsche Sagen . Zweiter Theil
1818German
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Deutsche Sagen . [Erster Theil]
1816German
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Deutsche Sagen aus dem Munde deutscher Dichter und Schriftsteller
1836German
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Deutsche Sagen und Sitten in hessischen Gauen
1854German
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Deutsche Volksmärchen aus Schwaben
1852German
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Deutsche Volksmärchen aus dem Sachsenlande in Siebenbürgen
1885German
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Deutsche Volksmärchen aus dem Sachsenlande in Siebenbürgen
1856German
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Deutscher Sprache Ehrenkranz
1898German
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Deutscher Volksglaube in Sang und Sage
1853German
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Deutschland's Balladen- und Romanzen-Dichter
1849German
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Deutschland's Balladen- und Romanzen-Dichter
1853German
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Dialog über die von G. E. Leßing herausgegebene Erziehung des Menschengeschlechts
1781German
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Dialogo de la dotrina de las mugeres
1584NOT