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
Three lectures on Gaelic topics
Pádraic H. Pearse
1898
Through Finland in carts
Ethel Brilliana Tweedie
1897
Thus endeth the legende named in Latyn lege[n]da aurea that is to saye in Englysshe the golden legende ..
Jacobus de Voragine
1527
Tiddyoody pie
F. W. Bennett
1885
Tiny and her vanity, or, Self opinion
Alfred Crowquill
1857
Tippoo
William Ralston
1886
Togail Troi
Whitley Stokes
1881
Traditions of Lancshire
John Roby
1879
Traditions of the countries of the Rhine
Aloys Wilhelm Schreiber
1836
Traditions of western Germany
Charles H. Knox
1841
Tragedies of Sophocles
Sophocles
1882
Traits and anecdotes of animals
William White Cooper
1861
Traits and stories of the Scottish people
Charles Rogers
1867
Traits and traditions of Portugal
Pardoe Miss
1833
Traits and traditions of Portugal ..
Julia Pardoe
1834
Translation of the first four books of the Aeneis of P. Vergilius Maro: with other poetical devices thereto annexed. (June) 1582
Publius Vergilius Maro
1880
Trois chants de l'Edda
William Edward Frye
1844
True religion and superstition compared and contrasted
William Pitt Earl of Chatham
1819
Tusayan snake ceremonies
Jesse Walter Fewkes
1897
Tuscan fairy tales
Vernon Lee, J. Stanley, Edmund Evans
1880
Tvende old-engelske digte
George Stephens, C. J. Brandt
1853ANG
Two dissertations
George Costard
1750
Two orations of the Emperor Julian
Julian Emperor of Rome
1793
Ulahingan
Elena G. Maquiso
1977