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.
Membership means relevance, not endorsement.
- 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
P. Ovidi Nasonis Heroides
Ovid
1898
P. Ovidii Nasonis Epistolarum herod̈ıum liber
Ovid
1714
Papers and transactions, edited by Joseph Jacobs and Alfred Nutt
International Folk-lore Congress
1892
Papers on self-immolation by fire, and on avenging habits of the cobra
Daniel Jerome Macgowan
1889Chinese
Papers read at Memphis, Atlanta and Chicago
International Folk-lore Association
1896
Paris the prince and Helen the fair, or, The giant horse and the siege of Troy
W. M. Akhurst
1869
Perseus and Andromeda
John Weaver
1728
Phaedra and Hippolitus
Edmund Smith
1700
Phintias and Damon
Joseph M. Ross
1897
Photographs of Co. Wicklow with descriptive letterpress
Frederick H. Mares
1867
Phædra and Hippolitus
Edmund Smith
1711
Pictures andd legends from Normandy and Brittany
Thomas Robert Macquoid
1881
Pidgin-English sing-song
Charles Godfrey Leland
1876
Pity's gift
Pratt Mr
1801
Plutarchus, and Theophrastus, on superstition
Julian Hibbert
1828
Polytheism
J. J. Foley
1885
Poor Polidori
David Lorne Macdonald
1991
Poor Robin's book of knowledge
Poor Robin
1688
Popular Japanese stories
George J. Penney
1890
Popular rhymes, fireside stories, and amusements of Scotland
Robert Chambers
1842
Popular tales and legends of the Irish peasantry
Samuel Lover
1834
Popular tales of the Germans
Johann Karl August Musäus
1791
Prince Dorus
Charles Lamb
1889
Prince Life
G. P. R. James
1856