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
Izbrane ruske narodne pripoviįetke
1893Croatian
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Legends of terror! and tales of the wonderful and the wild
1826
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Les Chiens Célèbres
Anne François Joachim Fréville
1819French
Mudrosloví národu slovanského ve príslovích: připojena is sbírka prostonárodních českých pořekadel
1852Czech
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Noticias historicas sobre Los amantes de Teruel
Isidoro de Antillón, George Ticknor
1806Spanish
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Old tales from Greece
Alice Zimmern
1897
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Popol Vuh: Sacred Book of the Quiché Maya People
2007
Report of the Directorate of the General Secondary School in Wadowice for the school year 1878
1878Polish
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Rose Marian, and the flower fairies
Lydia Maria Child
1850
Sagen-Kränzlein aus Tirol
1884German
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The fairy tales of Madame d'Aulnoy
Marie-Catherine Le Jumelle de Berneville comtesse d'Aulnoy, Aulnoy, Madame d', 1650 or 1651-1705|* Madame d'Aulnoy
1892
Tune tales to norte and wanna sweet wiite of time: Wälja given in three sections: [Section 1]
1844Estonian
Tune tales to norte and wanna sweet wiite of time: Wälja given in three sections: [section 2]
1844Estonian
Tune tales to norte and wanna sweet wiite of time: Wälja given in three sections: [section 3]
1844Estonian
Vedische Mythologie. T. 1: Soma u. verwandte Goetter
1891German
Wäekomitewis Abbiellusse-Sundiminne: what ashes three years ago
1844Estonian
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Episodes From the Shah Nameh: or, Annals of the Persian Kings
Firdawsī
1815
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Navajo Coyote Tales: The Curly Tó Aheedlíinii Version
Berard Haile
1984
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Walter Map: De Nugis Curialium
Walter Map
1914
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De la superstition et de ses remèdes
Date unknownFrench
"Roter Altai, gib dein Echo!"
Anett C. Oelschlägel, Erika Taube
2005German
Alcheringa oder Die beginnende Zeit
Hans Peter Duerr
1983German
Der Anfang von Dracula
Dieter Harmening
1983German
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The Laxdaela Saga
Date unknown