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
The Iesuites gospel
William Crashaw, Edward Allde, Leonard Becket, Carolus Scribanius
1610
The Iesuites gospel: by W. Crashawe, B. of Diuinity and preacher at the Temple
William Crashaw
1610
The Iesuites gospell: vvritten by themselues. Discouered and published by W. Crashaw, B. of Diuinity, and preacher at White-chappell
William Crashaw
1621
The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer
Όμηρος, Alexander Pope, John Quincy Adams
1783
The Isthmian odes of Pindar
Pindar
1890
The Kathá sarít ságara
Somadeva Bhaṭṭa
1880
The Kingdom of Fife
Robert Boucher
1899
The Legend of St. Cecilia
Cecilia Saint
1872
The Liflade of St. Juliana
Thomas Oswald Cockayne, Edmund Brock
1872
The Magic ring
Robert S. Bross, Johann Gottfried Herder
1861
The Midland minstrel
Thomas Gillet
1822
The Nature and Effects Of Superstition. In A Sermon Preached before the Honourable House of Commons, On Saturday, the Fifth of November,1692
Thomas Bishop of Chichester Mannington
1692
The Negro's & Indians advocate, suing for their admission to the church, or, A persuasive to the instructing and baptizing of the Negro's and Indians in our plantations
Morgan Godwyn
1680
The New Arabian Nights
Jonathan Scott
1882
The Pale and the septs; or, the baron of Belgard and the chiefs of Glenmalure
M. L. O'Byrne
1876
The Phenomena and Diosemeia of Aratus
Aratus Solensis
1848
The Prometheus chained of Aeschylus
Aeschylus
1823
The Schuyler collection
Eugene Schuyler, Cornell University. Library
1886
The Scottish legend, or, The Isle of Saint Clothair
T. J. Horsley Curties
1802
The Shakespeare classical dictionary
H. M. Selby
1887
The Story of Witches
Wilow Winsham
2025
The Sussex garland
James Taylor
1851
The Temple of the Muses, or, the principal histories of fabulous antiquity
Michel de Marolles
1738
The Thirteen Club
Marvin R. Clark, Thirteen Club
1882