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
The family picture, or, Domestic dialogues on amiable and interesting subjects
Thomas Holcroft
1783
The famous historie of the seauen champions of Christendome, Saint George of England, Saint Denis of France, Saint Iames of Spaine, Saint Anthony of Italy, Saint Andrew of Scotland, Saint Patricke of Ireland, and Saint David of Wales
Richard Johnson
1612
The famous history of Doctor John Faustus, the noted conjurer and necromancer
American Imprint Collection
1793
The famous history of the seven champions of Christendom, St. George of England, St. Denis of France, St. James of Spain, St. Anthony of Italy, St. Andrew of Scotland, St. Patrick of Ireland, and St. David of Wales
Richard Johnson
1680
The famous history of the seven champions of Christendome
Richard Johnson
1675
The first book printed by James Ballantyne
G. P. Johnston
1890
The flowers of remembrance and forgetfulness
T. H. Mrs James
1889
The flowers personified
J. J. Grandville, N. Cleaveland, Alphonse Karr, Taxile Delord, J. N. Gimbrede, Alphonse de Candolle, Louis François Raban
1847
The folk-lore journal of Yucatan
Daniel G. Brinton
1883
The folk-lore manual
Fletcher S. Bassett
1892
The folk-lore of Malagasy birds
James Sibree
1892
The frescoes of the new Pump-room at Baden
Otto Moser
1859
The fyrst chapitre is the lyf of saint ierom as it is take of legenda aurea
Simon Winter
1499
The general character of the dog
Joseph Taylor
1807
The giant
Elizabeth Missing Sewell, William Sewell
1871
The giant and the dwarf, or, Strength and reason
Alfred Crowquill
1857
The gods and religions of ancient and modern times
De Robigne Mortimer Bennett
1880
The golden bird
Wilhelm Grimm, Ella Boldey
1890
The golden fleece
Richard Brathwaite
1611
The golden fleece
J. R. Planché, Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt Ritchie
1857
The golden goose and The three bears
L. Leslie Brooke
1890
The golden queen
Edward A. Sloane
1882
The golden stairs
Arthur Edward Waite
1893
The heart of oak books
Charles Eliot Norton
1895