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
Encyklopädie der classichen Alterthumskunde ein Lehrbuch für die oberen Schulen. T. 1, Litteraturgeschichte und Mythologie der Griechen und Römer
Johann Christian Ludwig Schaff
1806German
Fairy tales and stories for children of Timothy Parisszewski
Tymoteusz Rodziszewski
1843Polish
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Folk-lore and legends: Scotland
1889
Führer durch die Sagen- und Märchenwelt der Grafschaft Glatz
Max Klose
1887German
Ijapa Tiroko Oko Yannibo
O Ojo
1973
Juttud ja Moistatussed kui ka monned öppetussed maja piddamisse pärrast
Friedrich Wilhelm Willmann
1804German
Kirstokenne in Waimolikko warrus, with some kind of good sermons about wanna and the time of the nave, teaching and arrowhead: To these wälja given who does not despise good letters. No. 1
Aleksander Saksen
1846Estonian
Klechdy: ancient applications and folk novels. Ed. 3 multiplied
Kazimierz Władysław Wójcicki
1878Polish
Kryptydy
Eleanor Hawken
2026Polish
Listy do Emilii o mitologii. T. 1-2
Charles-Albert Demoustier
1803Polish
Mirror, Mirror
Jen Calonita
2019
Mythological dictionary: with connection of image-writing (iconologia). PART 2, E-N
Alojzy Osiński
1808Polish
Mythological dictionary: with connection of image-writing (iconologia). VOL. 1, A-D
Alojzy Osiński
1806Polish
Mythological dictionary: with connection of image-writing (iconologia). VOL. 3, O-Z
Alojzy Osiński
1812Polish
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No Further Messages
Brett Alexander Savory
2007
Nou and abbi when waesus and hunger hand is
Johann Wilhelm Ludwig von Luce
1818Estonian
P. Owidyusza Nazona "Metamorfozy" dla użytku młodzi szkolnej z Encyklopedyi brunświckiey klassyków łacińskich przedrukowane. Księga I-VI
Publius Ovidius Naso
1823Polish
Pamiątka Dziejów Bochatyrskich z Wieku Grayskotroskiego w Śpiewach Homera i Kwinta Według Pierwotworów Greckich Słowianom Dochowana. T. 4-5, Odysseja homerowska ku czci Ulisa Laertowicza z Itaki w śpiewach dwudziestu czterech. Cz. 1, Pierwsza połowa Odyssei Ulis w drodze. Cz. 2, Druga połowa Odyssei Ulis w domu
Quintus Calaber (8. -7 Homerus, Quintus Calaber Homerus
1815Polish
Pieśni ludu
Zygmunt Gloger
1892Polish
Reading Eestima Tallorahwa Moistuse and Heart for
Otto Reinhold von Holtz
1817Estonian
Reineke-lis
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1877Polish
Sannumetoja this year 1848: Perhaps: New and wanna Ma-rahwa for roasting and ecoaching. Essimens years-ungulate
Johann Voldemar Jannsen
1848Estonian
Second Sannumetoya in 1849: Perhaps: New and Wanna Ma-rahwa for roasting and oesthetics. Second years-coarse, [Tales]
Johann Voldemar Jannsen
1849Estonian
Si Pilandok sa pulo ng Pawikan =
Victoria Añonuevo
2001Tagalog