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
Customs and manners of the women of Persia and their domestic superstitions
Nahʹnah Kuls̲ūm
1832
Das babylonische Weltschöpfungsepos
Friedrich Delitzsch
1896
Der keilinschriftliche Sintfluthbericht
Paul Haupt
1881
Deutsche Mythologie
Friedrich Kauffmann
1890
Die Acten des Paulus und der Thecla und Die Ältere Thecla-Legende
Carl Schlau
1877
Essays on mythology, traditions, and customs
F. Max Müller
1868
Essays on the superstitions of the Highlanders of Scotland
Anne MacVicar Grant
1811
Fairy Tales, Legends and Romances Illustrating Shakespeare and Other Early English Writers
James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, William Carew Hazlitt, Joseph Ritson
1875
Flower favourites
Lizzie Deas
1898
Genealogy of the South-Indian gods
Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg
1869
German popular stories
Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Edgar Taylor
1823
Golden Bough
James Frazer
1890
Heimskringla
Snorri Sturluson
1893
History of the Christian church, A.D. 1-600
Wilhelm Moeller
1892
History of the heathen gods, and heroes of antiquity ; to which is added an original translation of the Battle of the gods and giants
William F.A.S Sheldon, James Approximately 1773-1846 Akin, Hesiod Theogony English Selections, Hesiod
1809
Homer's Odyssey
Όμηρος
1886
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Jicarilla Apache Texts
1911
L'Orfeo
Claudio Monteverdi
1615
Legends from fairyland
Holme Lee
1860
Legends of Chautauqua
Susan Blodgett Pulver
1895
Legends of Connaught
Matthew Archdeacon
1839
Legends of Galloway
James Denniston
1825
Legends of the lakes
Thomas Crofton Croker
1829
Legends of the land of lakes, or, History, traditions and mysteries, gleaned from years of experience among the pioneers, voyageurs and Indians
George Francis Thomas
1884