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
Y Seint Greal, being the adventures of King Arthur's knights of the Round table, in the quest of the Holy Greal, and on other occasions
Robert Williams
1876
Yakṣa in Hinduism and Buddhism
Gail Hinich Sutherland
1992
Yggdrasill, Óðins hestr
Eiríkr Magnússon
1895
Yu-Pe-ya's lute
Augusta Webster
1874
Zoological notes and anecdotes
William White Cooper
1852
Zur Kritik und Erklärung des Tristan Gottfrieds von Strassburg ..
Johannes Kottenkamp
1879
Zu~ni fetiches
Frank Hamilton Cushing
1883
[Euryalus and Lucreatia.]
Pius II Pope
1487
[Folklore: stories & tales
E. G. Stillman
1857
[Here begynneth the hystorye of reinard the foxe]
William Caxton
1500
[Orpheus his iourney to hell
R. B
1595
[Pamphlets
Washington Matthews
1883
[Pamphlets
Franz Boas
1885
[The destruction of Troy, in three books. The I. Shewing the founders and foundation of the said city ... The II. How it was re-edified ... and of Hercules ... The III. How Priamus ... rebuilded Troy ... and how for the ravishment of ... Helen ... the said city was utterly destroyed ..
Raoul Lefèvre
1676
[The lyfe of the thre kynges of Coleyne]
Joannes of Hildesheim
1496
[The profitable arte of gardening
Thomas Hill
1586
tHis day is callyd the first sonday of aduent, that is the sonday in cristys comyng
John Mirk
1483
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Aucassin and Nicolette and Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends
Date unknown
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Chin Chin Kobakama
Date unknown
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Chinook Texts
Date unknown
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Cuchulain of Muirthemne: The Story of the Men of the Red Branch of Ulster
Date unknown
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English Fairy and Other Folk Tales
Date unknown
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Eskimo Folk-Tales
Date unknown
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European Folk and Fairy Tales
Date unknown