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
The magic tree
Gerald McDermott
1973
The princess test
Gail Carson Levine
1999
The psychology of our dark side
Sheila Stewart
2011
The seven wise princesses
Wafa Tarnowska, Niẓāmī Ganjavī
2000
The three princes of Serendip
Elizabeth Jamison Hodges
1964
Tikki Tikki Tembo
Arlene Mosel
1968
Tops & bottoms
Janet Stevens
1994
Twisted
Robert Lawrence Stine
1987
UFO Religion
2007
Usborne Illustrated Guide to Greek Myths and Legends
Cheryl Evans, Anne Millard
1985
Welsh legends and folk-tales, retold
Gwyn Jones
1955
Wild Swans (6016)
Hans Christian Andersen, Yvonne Gilbert, Naomi Lewis, Ulrich Renz, Marc Robitzky, Dana Milena Enss, Anit Salgotra, Christa Kleimaker
1863
Wiley and the Hairy Man
Molly Bang
1976
The Hermetic Deleuze
Joshua Ramey
2012
Witchcraft and Magic in the Nordic Middle Ages
Stephen Mitchell
2011
The Tree of Gnosis: Gnostic Mythology from Early Christianity to Modern Nihilism
Ioan P. Culianu
1992
Captured by aliens : the search for life and truth in a very large universe
Joel Achenbach
1999
Inuit Shamanism and Christianity
Frédéric Laugrand, Jarich Oosten
2010
Persuasions of the Witch's Craft: Ritual Magic and Witchcraft in Present-day England
T. M. Luhrmann
1992
The Eloquent Blood: The Goddess Babalon and the Construction of Femininities in Western Esotericism
Manon Hedenborg White
2019
Japanese Ghost Stories: Spirits, Hauntings, and Paranormal Phenomena
Catrien Ross
1996
Spiritualism, Religion, and Other Romantic Quests for the Authentic Self
William M. Epstein
2018
- Read free
Indische legenden
Michael Haberlandt
1885German
- Read free
Les grandes légendes de France
Edouard Schuré
1892French