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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Encyclopédie Méthodique, Ou Par Ordre De Matieres
1790French
Entre médicos y médiums
Alejandro Parra
2024Spanish
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Epistola Ad Fratres virtute illustres ... per Sadrach Pegasum Misach Aristaeum ... exarata
1616NOT
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Epistola ad D. D. Fratres de Rosea Cruce
1617NOT
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Erbauliche und abschreckende Beispiele aus den Legenden der Heiligen für Katecheten und Prediger
1857German
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Erin
1847German
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Erin
1849German
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Essai historique et philosophique sur les principaux ridicules des differentes nations
1766French
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Etrenne au Pape, ou les Franc-Maçons vangés
1752French
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Etruskische Spiegel. 2, Heroische Mythologie
1845German
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Etwas über ächte Freymaurerey und Freymaurer
1785German
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Examen aller unchristlichen Geldschinder, sich Geldhändler solt ich sagen
1621German
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Fabeln Und Erzählungen Aus Verschiedenen Dichtern
1797German
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Fabeln und Erzählungen. 1
1751German
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Fabeln und Erzählungen. 1
1748German
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Fabeln und Erzählungen. 2
1751German
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Fabeln und Erzählungen. [3]
1748German
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Fabeln und Erzälungen
1758German
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Fabeln von Fröhlich, Pfeffel und Anderen
1870German
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Fabulae Romanenses graece conscriptae. 1, De syntipa et de Aesopo narrationes fabulosae partim ineditae
1872Ancient Greek
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Fabulae aliquot Aramaeae
1846Arabic
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Fabvlae Variorvm Avctorvm
1660Ancient Greek
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Fairy stories and fables
James Baldwin
1895
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Fama Fraternitatis
1616NOT