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
Basni i skazki Aleksandra Izmaĭlova
Aleksandr Izmaĭlov
1896Russian
Basni i skazki Aleksandra Izmaĭlova ; s portretom avtora
Aleksandr Izmaĭlov
1862Russian
Bataksche vertellingen
C. M. Pleyte, Hermanus Neubronner van der Tuuk
1894Dutch
Bauern-Practica, oder, Planeten-Büchlein
Henricus von Uri
1720German
Bauren-Practica oder Wetter-Büchlein
Heinrich von Ury
1656German
Beitrag zur Geschichte des Pancultus
W. Gebhard
1872German
Beitrag zur deutschen mythologie
Friedrich Panzer
1848German
Beiträge zu einer aesthetik der pflanzenwelt
František Tomáš Bratránek
1853German
Beiträge zu den Sagen, Sittenregeln, Rechten, und der Geschichte der Nordfriesen
Christian Peter Hansen
1880FRY
Beiträge zur Kenntnis der altfranzösischen Fableaux
Oskar Pilz
1889German
Bellerophon
Herm. Alex Fischer
1851German
Bemerkungen über stil und typus der isländischen saga
Bernhard Döring
1877German
Bemærkninger til nogle steder i versene i Guðmundar saga ved abbed Arngrim
Jón Þorkelsson
1883Danish
Ben ha-melekh ṿeha-nazir
Abraham ben Samuel ha-Levi Ibn Ḥasdai
1518Hebrew
Benjamin Hederichs gründliches mythologisches Lexikon, worinnen so wohl die Fabelhafte, als wahrscheinliche und eigentliche Geschichte der alten römischen, griechischen und ägyptischen Götter und Göttinnen ...
Benjamin Hederich
1770German
Beretning om de vidtbekjendte Molboers vise gjerninger og tappre bedrifter
V. Fausbøll
1862Danish
Bericht von dem immerlaufenden Juden aus Jerusalem, mit Nahmen Ahasverus ..
Chrysostomus Dudulaeus
1643German
Bian huo bian
Yingfang Xie
1830Chinese
Bibliographie des traditions et de la littérature populaire de l'Alsace
Henri Gaidoz
1883French
Bibliographie des traditions et de la littérature populaire de l'Auvergne et du Velay
Henri Gaidoz, Paul Sébillot
1885French
Bibliothecae libri tres et fragmenta
Apollodorus of Athens
1803Greek
Bibliotheces sive de deorum origine libri tres ...
Apollodorus of Athens
1565Latin
Bibliotheque des génies et des fees
Joseph de Laporte
1764French
Biblische Legende der Muselmänner
Gustav Weil
1845German