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
How to Read a Folktale: The Ibonia Epic from Madagascar
2013
Hundert neue Mährchen im Gebirge
Friedmund von Arnim
1844German
Il ratto delle sabine
Guido Rossi
1680Italian
Imber aureus
Antonio Telesio, Jan-Wilhelm Beck
1529Latin
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Ireland: Her Wit, Peculiarities and Popular Superstitions, With Anecdotes, Legendary and Characteristic, by Distinguished Irish Writers
1850
Izaga lomdabuko wazo
Passmore Moyo
2011NDE
Izdubar-Nimrod
Alfred Jeremias
1891Akkadian
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Jamaican Song and Story: Annancy Stories, Digging Sings, Ring Tunes, and Dancing Tunes
1907
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Japanese Fairy Tales, Compiled by Yei Theodora Ozaki, Profusely Illustrated by Japanese Artists
1905
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Juneteenth Texas: Essays in African American-Folklore
1996
Kathāsaritsāgaraḥ
Somadeva Bhaṭṭa
1883Sanskrit
Kichocheo cha fasihi
K. W. Wamitila
2003SWA
Kitovu cha fasihi simulizi kwa shule, vyuo na ndaki
Wanjala F. Simiyu
2011SWA
Kleine Erzählungen
Friedrich August Schulze
1814German
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Kwakiutl Tales
1910
- Read free
Kwakiutl Tales, New Series
1935
Kȯke sudur
Injannasi
1957MON
L'origine des cultes et des mystères
Adolphe Saïsset
1870French
L'écossais en irlande, ou, Foi et superstition
Grace Kennedy
1828French
La légende dorée
Jacobus de Voragine
1843French
La légende et les aventures héroiques, joyeuses et glorieuses d'Ulenspiegel et de Lamme Goedzak au pays de Flandres et ailleurs
Charles de Coster
1869French
Latviešu tautas teikas un pasakas
Ansis Lerchis-Puškaitis
1891Latvian
Läsning för barn
Zacharias Topelius
1877Swedish
Le livre des esprits et des immortels
Charles de Harlez
1893French