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
People; his customs, way of life, speech, applications, proverbs, rituals, gusła, games, songs, music and dances of the Grand Duchy of Poznań Ser.10 Cz.2
Oskar Kolberg
1876Polish
Das "Schamanenbuch" der Sibe-Mandschuren
Giovanni Stary, Elsi
1992German
Joachim Lelewela Pisma varied
Lelewel Joachim
1863Polish
The Night Gardener
Jonathan Auxier
2014
- Read free
History of the Kings of Britain
Geoffrey, of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph, 1100?-1154|* Geoffrey of Monmouth
Date unknown
- Read free
Shakuntala
Kālidāsa
Date unknown
- Read free
Stories of the High Priests of Memphis: The Sethon of Herodotus and The Demotic Tales of Khamuas
F. Ll. Griffith
Date unknown
The Laird Who Loved Me (MacLean Curse #5)
Karen Hawkins
Date unknown
Dreams of gods & monsters
Laini Taylor
2015
The epic crush of Genie Lo
F. C Yee
2017
Abjection, madness and xenophobia in Gothic fiction
Christian Wenk
2008
Amerindian Rebirth
Antonia Mills, Richard Slobodin, Antonia Curtze Mills
1994
Study of Bagobo ceremonial, magic and myth
Benedict, null Benedict
1916
Days of blood & starlight
Laini Taylor
2014
电脑版男人与鬼魂的故事(Tales of Men and Ghosts).zip
叶兴阳双语音标有声读物
2026
A guide to Ciechocinek, its history and healing resources: adding a detailed plan of the entire settlement
1891Polish
- Read free
Aunt Charlotte's stories of Greek history for the little ones
Mary Charlotte Yonge, Charlotte Charlotte Mary Yonge
1876
- Read free
Bayerische Sagen und Br©Þuche. Beitrag zur deutschen Mythologie
Friedrich Panzer
1848German
Cuentos, mitos y leyendas para niños de América Latina
Ione María Artigas de Sierra
1981Spanish
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De progymnasmaticorum studiis mythographicis
Johannes Jacobs
1899Greek
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Edda Sämund den Vises: Skaldeverk af Fornnordiska Myt- och Hjältesånger om de Götiska Eller Germaniska Folkens Gamla Gudatro, Sagominnen och Vandringar
1893
Gesammelte Werke. B. 21, Drei Märchen für Alt und Jung: die Nüsse, ein Wienachtsmärchen; Das Elixir; Die graue Locke
1893German
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Gotterdekameron
Heinrich Lossow
1881German
Illus Kullane Pegel,: or wäga ligutawa nink tullulikko-talk to norele rahwa, nisammute also egga eälis innisis oppetusses nink kostomisses
1847Estonian