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 rape of Helen
Colluthus of Lycopolis
1731
The recuyell of the historyes of Troye
Raoul Lefèvre, H. Halliday Sparling, William Caxton, William Morris, Clarence S. Bement, Kelmscott Press
1892
The recuyles or gaderīge to gyder of ÿ hystoryes of Troye
Raoul Lefèvre, William Caxton
1503
The renowned 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, epitomized
Richard Johnson
1700
The return of Ulysses
Robert Seymour Bridges
1890
The return of Ulysses
Charles H. Hoole
1879
The romance of nature
Thomas Miller
1860
The romance of nature, or, The poetical language of flowers
Thomas Miller
1860
The romance of the sea
Frederick Whymper
1896
The sacred formulas of the Cherokees
James Mooney
1891
The school of the Eucharist established upon the miraculous respects and acknowledgements
Toussaint Bridoul
1687
The science of the Bible
Milton Woolley
1877
The scientific library, or, Repository of useful and polite literature
Thomas Smith
1815
The select works of Mr. John Dennis ..
John Dennis
1718
The shadow of Arvor
Edith Wingate Rinder, Edith Wingate Mrs Rinder
1800
The silver shilling
Hans Christian Andersen
1869
The silver swan
Clara de Chatelain
1847
The skies and weather-forecasts
Aratus Solensis
1880
The snake cermonials at Walpi
Jesse Walter Fewkes
1894
The song of the harp
Rachel Penn, John Macqueen, John Williamson, Rogers Memorial Collection
1898
The story of Barlaam and Joasaph
Kenneth Somerled Macdonald, John Morrison
1895
The story of Douglas
Sarah Knowles Bolton
1898
The story of Savitri
J. Muir
1880
The story of the fisherman
Samuel Eliot
1880