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
Das Weib in der Natur- und V©œlkerkunde : anthropologische Studien
Bartels Max
1895German
Djevelens livshistorie
Ronald Grambo
1990Norwegian (Bokmål)
Emotional Command Compilation Based on Narrative Tone and the System Design of a Tone Guided Robotic Agent
Gabriel Chen
2025
Gabayo, maahmaah iyo sheekooyin yaryar
Shire Jaamac Axmed.gabayigiisii
1965
Galeria histórica de mujeres célebres
Emilio Castelar
1886Spanish
Galfredi Monumetensis Historia Britonum
Bishop of St. Asaph Geoffrey of Monmouth
1844Latin
Gjester fra graven
Ronald Grambo
1991Norwegian (Bokmål)
Harzsagen - zum Teil in der Mundart der Gebirgsbewohner
Heinrich Pröhle
1886German
Hekser
Rune Blix Hagen
2003Norwegian (Bokmål)
Imaginary Muslims
Julian Baldick
1993Romanian
Instruments of Darkness: Witchcraft in England, 1550-1750
James Sharpe
1996
- Read free
Jack the giant killer
1860
- Read free
Jack the giant killer
1865
Jewish Magic and Supersitition
Umay Yayınevi, Joshua T. Trachtenberg
2026
Kabbalah Research in the Wissenschaft des Judentums (1820–1880)
George Y. Kohler
2019German
Kindermährchen
Albert Ludwig Grimm
1839German
Kraftens gjerninger
Carlos Castaneda
1976Norwegian (Bokmål)
Lady Burton's edition of her husband's Arabian nights
Isabel Lady Burton
1886
Legendariu de Santas Virgines, et Martires de Iesu Christu
Ioan Mattheu Garipa
1627Italian
Lina's Mährchenbuch
Albert Ludwig Grimm
1816German
Medea
Hosidius Geta
1851Latin
Moderne overtro
Jon Sandvik
1989Norwegian (Bokmål)
- Read free
Myths of the Iroquois
Erminnie Adele Platt Smith, Erminnie A. Smith, Erminnie Erminnie Adele Smith
1880
Mährchen aus dem Morgenlande
Albert Ludwig Grimm
1844German