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
- Read free
The Home of the Eddic Poems, With Especial Reference to the Helgi-Lays
Sophus Bugge
1899
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The Hungarian Fairy Book
Nándor Pogány
1913
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The Hystorye, Sege and Dystruccyon of Troye
John Lydgate
1513
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The Indian Story of the Creation and Flood: Being the First of the Myths and Legends of Colorado
Louise M Smith
1906
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The King of the Snakes and Other Folk-Lore Stories From Uganda
Rosetta Baskerville
1922
- Read free
The Laughing Prince: A Book of Jugoslav Fairy Tales and Folk Tales
Parker Fillmore
1921
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The Legende, Named in Latyn Legenda Aurea, That is to Say in Englysshe the Golden Legende
de Voragine Jacobus
1527
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The Legends and Traditions of a Northern County
James Fenimore Cooper
1921
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The Legends of the Iroquois, Told by "The Cornplanter"
William Walker Canfield
1902
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The Lily of Life: A Fairy Tale
Queen Marie
1913
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The Lore and the Lure of the Yosemite: The Indians, Their Customs, Legends and Beliefs, and the Story of Yosemite
Herbert Earl Wilson
1922
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The Luck of the Bean-Rows: A Fairy-Tale for Lucky Children
Charles Nodier
1921
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The Magic Mirror
William Gilbert
1907
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The Magic Mirror: A Round of Tales for Young and Old
William Gilbert
1866
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The Maiden King in Iceland
Erik Wahlgren
1938
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The Man in the Panther's Skin
Shota Rustaveli
1912
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The Man in the Panther's Skin: A Romantic Epic
Shota Rustaveli
1912
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The Marrow of Human Experience: Essays on Folklore
William William Albert Wilson
2006
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The Meaning of Folklore: The Analytical Essays of Alan Dundes
Alan Dundes
2007
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The Medieval Saga
Carol J Clover
1982
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The Menehunes: Their Adventures With the Fisherman and How They Built the Canoe
Emily Foster Day
1905
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The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidius Naso, Elucidated by an Analysis and Explanation of the Fables
Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.|* Ovid
1860
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The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English Blank Verse
Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.|* Ovid
1807
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The Metamorphoses: A Complete English Translation and Mythological Index
Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.|* Ovid
2000