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
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Der Tannhäuser und Ewige Jude
Johann Georg Theodor Grässe
1861German
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Deutsche Märchen und Sagen
Johann Wilhelm Wolf
1845German
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Dictionnaire de la fable, ou Mythologie grecque, latine, égyptienne, celtique, persanne, syriaque, indienne, chinoise, scandinave, africaine, américaine, iconologique, etc
François Noel
1801French
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Die Volkssagen Ostpreussens, Litthauens und Westpreussens
Jodocus Donatus Hubertus Temme, Wilhelm Johann Albert Tettau, Jodocus Donatus Hubertus 1798-1881 jt. auth Temme
1837German
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Histoire critique des pratiques superstitieuses, qui ont seduit les peuples et embarrassé les sçavans. Avec la methode et les principes pour discerner les effets naturels d'avec ceux qui ne le sont pas
Pierre Lebrun
1750French
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Historia septem infantivm de Lara =
Otto van Veen
1612Latin
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Isländische Volkssagen der Gegenwart
Konrad von Maurer
1860German
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Istoriko-ėtnograficheskīi͡a zami͡etki
M. Semevskiĭ, Semevskiĭ, Mikhail
1857Russian
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L' origine des dieux du paganisme
Nicolas Sylvestre Bergier
1767French
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Le cycle mythologique irlandais et la mythologie celtique
Henry d' Arbois de Jubainville
1884French
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Mananay
Garegin Sruandzteantsʻ
1876Armenian
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Mecklenburg's Volkssagen
A. Niederhöffer, U. Niederhöffer
1857German
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Niederländische Sagen
Johann Wilhelm Wolf
1843German
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Noticia da mythologia
[from old catalog] tr A. J. T., Pre-1801 Imprint Collection DLC [from old catalog], A. J. T.
1780Portuguese
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O národních písních a pověstech plemen slovanských
L̓udovít Štúr
1853Czech
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Oidipous Tyrannos
Sophocles, Wilhelm Dindorf, Peter Elmsley
1821Ancient Greek
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Perú; tradiciones
Ricardo Palma
1874Spanish
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Proben der Volkslitteratur der türkischen Stämme..
Wilhelm Radloff, Katanov, Nikolaĭ Fedorovich, 1862-1922, comp. and tr, Kúnos, Ignácz, 1862-1945, comp. and tr, Valentin Alekseevich Moshkov, Radlov, Vasiliĭ Vasilʹevich
1866German
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Recueil de contes populaires de la Kabylie du Djurdjura
Joseph Rivière, Rivière, Joseph, 1853-1883, comp. and tr
1882French
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Recueil de contes populaires grecs
Emile Legrand
1881French
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Recueil de contes populaires slaves, traduits sur les textes originaux
Louis Paul Marie comp. and tr Leger, Louis Paul Marie Leger
1882French
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Rheinische Geschichten und Sagen
Nicolaus Vogt
1817German
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Sagenbuch des preussischen Staats. 2 Bd
Johann Georg Theodor Grässe
1868German
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Siebenbürgisch-sächsische volkslieder, sprichwörter, räthsel, zauberformeln, und kinder-dichtungen
Friedrich Wilhelm Schuster, Verein für Siebenbürgische Landeskunde, Hermannstadt, Verein für siebenbürgische landeskunde, Hermannstadt. [from old catalog]
1865German