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
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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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Laboulaye's fairy book
Edouard Laboulaye, Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin, Edward McCandlish, Mary Mary Louise Booth
1866
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More English fairy tales
Joseph Jacobs, John Dickson Batten
1894
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Popular tales
Charles Perrault, Andrew Lang, Harry Clarke, Jean Edmond Mansion, Robert Samber, Planché, James Robinson, 1796-1880, comp. and tr, Marie Catherine Jumelle de Berneville Aulnoy
1675
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Satan's invisible world discovered
George Sinclair
1746
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Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
1898
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The Coming of the Fairies
Arthur Conan Doyle
1922
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The Pink Fairy Book
Andrew Lang, Leonora Blanche Lang, Henry Justice Ford
1897
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The Yellow Fairy Book
Andrew Lang, Leonora Blanche Lang, Henry Justice Ford
1894
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The bee-man of Orn
Frank Richard Stockton
1887
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The heroes, or, Greek fairy tales for my children
Charles Kingsley, Grace Rhys
1855
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Twilight land
Howard Pyle
1894
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Le imagini de i dei de gli antichi
Vincenzo Cartari, Bolognino Zaltieri
1571Italian
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A little book of profitable tales
Eugene Field
1889
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A world of wonders, with anecdotes and opinions concerning popular superstitions
Catherine Gore, Mrs. Gore, Albany. no2003111438 Poyntz, Albany Poyntz
1845
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Beyond the witch trials: Witchcraft and magic in Enlightenment Europe
Owen Davies, Willem de Blécourt
2004
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Fairy Tales from All Nations
Anthony Rubens Montalba, Richard Doyle, Anthony Anthony Reubens Montalba
1849
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Hidden rituals and public performances: Traditions and belonging among the post-Soviet Khanty, Komi and Udmurts
Anna-Leena Siikala, Oleg Ulyashev
2011
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Illustrations of masonry
William Morgan
1826
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Legendary Yorkshire
Frederick Ross
1892
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Legends from river & mountain
Carmen Sylva, Alma Strettell, Thomas Heath Robinson
1896
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Legends of Old Testament characters
Sabine Baring-Gould
1871
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Legends of the conquest of Spain
Washington Irving
1835
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Mother Bunch's closet newly broke open
George Laurence Gomme, Villon society
1885
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Pen and pencil sketches of Faröe and Iceland
Andrew James Symington, Olafur Pálsson, William James Linton, Pálsson, Olafur, [from old catalog] tr
1862