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
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Listen to the Heron's Words: Reimagining Gender and Kinship in North India
Ann Grodzins Gold, Gloria Goodwin Raheja
1994
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Listening for a Life: A Dialogic Ethnography of Bessie Eldreth Through Her Songs and Stories
Patricia Sawin
2004
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Literary Aspects of North American Mythology
Paul Radin
1915
Longnose the dwarf and other fairy tales
Wilhelm Hauff, Percy Pinkerton
1884
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Magic in Modern London
Edward Lovett
1925
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Magic, Myth, and Money: The Origin of Money in Religious Ritual
William H Desmonde
1962
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Manekine; John and Blonde; and "Foolish Generosity"
Philippe de Remi Beaumanoir
2010
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Maori Religion and Mythology, Illustrated by Translations of Traditions, Karakia, &c., to Which Are Added Notes on Maori Tenure of Land
Edward Shortland
1882
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Marquesan Legends
E. S. Craighill Handy
1930
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Master Walter Map's Book, De Nugis Curialium (Courtier's Trifles)
Walter Map
1924
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Metamorphosis of Language in Apuleius: A Study of Allusion in the Novel
Ellen D Finkelpearl
1998
Misery with poverty: folk tale: (fairy tales and applications of the Polish people)
Kazimierz Władysław Wójcicki
1881Polish
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Miwok Myths
Edward Winslow Gifford
1917
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Mongo Proverbs and Fables
Edward Algernon Ruskin
1921
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Moon-Stories
Mary Ellis Robins
1914
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Moons of Long Ago: Old Indian Tales
Ellen Miller Donaldson
1922
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More Australian Legendary Tales: Collected From Various Tribes
K. Langloh Parker
1898
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Mother of Demons
Eric Flint
1997
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Motif-Index of Early Irish Literature
Tom Peete Cross
1952
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Motif-Index of Folk-Literature: A Classification of Narrative Elements in Folktales, Ballads, Myths, Fables, Mediaeval Romances, Exempla, Fabliaux, Jest-Books, and Local Legends
Stith Thompson
1955
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Mutha' is Half a Word: Intersections of Folklore, Vernacular, Myth, and Queerness in Black Female Culture
LaMonda Horton-Stallings
2007
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My Very Own Fairy Stories
Johnny Gruelle
1917
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Mysterious Tales and Legends of the Ozarks
Tom Moore
1938
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Myth, Meaning, and Memory on Roman Sarcophagi
Michael Koortbojian
1995