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
A fairy at school
Rose Terry Cooke
1893
A farm in fairyland
Laurence Housman
1894
A fifth letter to N. Wiseman, D.D
William Palmer
1841
A history of magic, witchcraft & the occult
Suzannah Lipscomb
2020
A legend of the Manitou Rock
S. C. S
1843
A legendary tale of Micmac tradition
Silas Tertius Rand
1848
A literal translation of the Astronomy and meteorology of Aratus, with some bibliographical remarks
Aratus Solensis
1895
A literal translation of the astronomy and meteorology of Aratus / with some bibliographical remarks, by C. Leeson Prince
Aratus Solensis
1895
A literal translation of the astronomy and meterology of Aratus
Aratus Solensis
1895
A mosque in the jungle
Othman Wok, Yi-Sheng Ng
2021
A mythological, etymological, and historical dictionary
Jacob Bryant
1793
A new classical dictionary of Greek and Roman biography, mythology and geography
William Smith
1884
A new collection of fairy tales
Anne Claude Philippe comte de Caylus, Henry Brooke
1750
A new history of Blue Beard
Charles Perrault
1800
A northumbrian tale
Lady
1799
A paradoxe, prouing by reason and example, that baldnesse is much better than bushie haire, &c. Written by that excellent philosopher Synesius, Bishop of Thebes, or (as some say) Cyren. A prettie pamphlet, to pervse, and replenished with recreation. Englished by Abraham Fleming. Herevnto is annexed the pleasant tale of Hemetes the Heremite, pronounced before the Queenes Maiestie. Newly recognised both in Latine and Englishe, by the said A.F
Bishop of Ptolemais Synesius of Cyrene
1579
A part of the Navajo's mythology
Washington Matthews
1883
A pictorial history of Greece
Samuel G. Goodrich
1846
A pilgrimage to the saga-steads of Iceland
W. G. Collingwood
1899
A plain and literal translation of the Arabian nights' entertainments
Richard Francis Burton
1899Arabic
A prognostication euerlastinge of right good effect fruitfully augmented by the auctor, contayning plaine, briefe, pleasaũt, chosen rules to iudge the weather by the Sunne, Moone, starres, comets, rainebow, thunder, cloudes
Leonard Digges
1576
A prognostication of right good effect
Leonard Digges
1555
A rational account of the weather, shewing the signs of its several changes and alterations, together with the philosophical reasons of them
John Pointer
1723
A record of ancient histories, entituled in Latin: Gesta Romanorum
Richard Robinson, Thomas Snodham
1610