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
Historical and miscellaneous questions
Richmal Mangnall
1848
Historical and traditional tales in prose and verse
John Nicholson
1843
History and mystery of precious stones
William Jones
1880
History of the Knights of Pythias
Joseph D. Weeks
1871
Holiday customs in Malta and sports, usages, ceremonies, omens & superstitions of the Maltese people
Vincenzo Busuttil
1894
Holme Lee's [i.e. Harriet Parr] fairy tales
Holme Lee
1868
Home stories
Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Matilda Louisa Davis, George Thompson
1855
Homerics
Όμηρος
1834
Hop o' My Thumb
Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
1880
Hop-o' my-Thumb and the seven-league boots
George Cruikshank
1853
Horse stories and stories of other animals
Thomas Wallace Knox
1890
Hours in fairy land
Josephine Pollard
1883
Household stories from the land of Hofer
Rachel Harriette Busk
1871
Household stories, from the collection of the bros
Jacob Grimm, Lucy Crane, Walter Crane, Wilhelm Grimm
1883
Household tales
Sidney Oldall Addy
1895
How to charm snakes
Charles Eldridge Griffin
1890
Huron folk-lore
Horatio Emmons Hale, American Folklore Society
1888
I racconti orientali nella letteratura francese
Gaston Paris
1895
I'lâmên-nâs
Muḥammad Diyāb Itlīdī
1873
Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria
Claudio Monteverdi
1600
In the Northman's land
Augustus Ferryman Mockler-Ferryman
1896
In the fire
Euphemia Johnson Richmond, E. J. Mrs Richmond
1892
Indian mythology
Edward Jacker
1800
International bookbinding exhibition by the chief craftsmen from all parts of the world, at the "Caxton Head" ... London, W. C., from ... June 27th to ... July 7th ...[1894]
International Bookbinding Exhibition
1894