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
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Märchen und sagen der transsilvanischen zigeuner
Heinrich von Wlislocki
1886German
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Mose Maimunis Stellung zum Aberglauben und zur Mystik
Israel Finkelscherer
1894German
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Sbornik pami︠a︡tnikov narodnago tvorchestva v Si︠e︡vero-Zapadnom krai︠e︡
P. A. Gilʹtebrandt
1866Russian
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Sto prostonárodních pohádek a pověstí slovanských v nářečích původních: c?itanka slovanska? s ..
Karel Jaromír Erben, Erben, Karel Jaromír, 1811-1870, [from old catalog] comp
1865Czech
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Studier öfver kompositionen i några isländska ättsagor
Albert Ulrik Bååth
1885Swedish
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Children's fairy tale quartet card game
Producer not identified
1890
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Dissertatio philologico-theologica de choreis vetervm Hebraeorvm ..
Gustav Georg Zeltner, Valentin Roesler
1726Latin
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Dissertations sur la mythologie françoise, et sur plusieurs points curieux de l'histoire de France
Jean-Baptiste Bullet
1771French
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Dizionario delle favole per uso delle scuole d'Italia
Antonio conte Cavagna Sangiuliani di Gualdana, Antonio Cavagna Sangiuliani di Gualdana
1807Italian
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Histoire du ciel, où l'on recherche l'origine de l'idolatrie, et les méprises de la philosophie, sur la formation, et sur les influences des corps célestes
Noël Antoine Pluche
1742French
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Naturgeschichte der Sage. Rückführung aller religiösen Ideen, Sagen, Systeme auf ihren gemeinsamen Stammbaum und ihre lefzte Wurzel
Julius Braun
1864German
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Tehilat ha-kesilim
Salomon Rubin
1880Hebrew
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Theatrum ethnico idololatrieum politico historicum, ethnicorum idololatrias, simulacra, templa, sacrificia & deos, illorum origines, ritus & caeremonias, quae in perficiendis sacris, fuerunt observata, quidque illis indicare voluerint, representans
Vincenzo Cartari
1699Latin
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Thiere des classischen Alterthums in culturgeschichtlicher Beziehung
Otto Keller
1887German
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Tunisische Märchen und Gedichte
Hans Stumme
1893Arabic
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Antiquitates Celto-Scandicae; sive series rerum gestarum inter nationes Britannicarum insularum et gentes septentrionales. [In Icelandic and Latin]
James Johnstone, William Morris
1786Icelandic
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Die Papst-fabeln des Mittelalters: Ein Beitrag zur Kirchengeschichte
Johann Joseph Ignaz von Döllinger, Johann Friedrich
1863German
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La botanique historique et litt©♭raire contenant tous les traits, toutes les anecdotes et les superstitions relatives aux fleurs ... suivie d'une nouvelle intitul©♭e
comtesse de Genlis Stéphanie Félicité, Stéphanie Félicité Genlis
1810French
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La chanson de Gui de Bourgogne et ses rapports avec la Chanson de Roland et la Chronique de Turpin
Heinrich Freund
1885French
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Neuvelles et seules véritables aventures de Tom Pouce
P.-J. Stahl, Bertall
1853French
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The Historical Magazine, and Notes & Queries Concerning the Antiquities, History and Biography of America (September, 1867)
Henry B. Dawson
1867
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202 Holzschnitte nach Zeichnungen
Ludwig Richter, Otto Wigand
1864German
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Contes arabes modernes
Wilhelm Spitta
1883French
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Der Höhencultus asiatischer und europäischer Völker
Ferdinand Freiherr von Andrian, Ferdinand Andrian
1891German