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
Böhmische Korallen aus der Götterwelt
Friedrich S. Krauss
1897German
Böhmisches Märchenbuch
Alfred Waldau
1860German
C'era una volta--
Luigi Capuana
1883Italian
C. A. Böttiger's kleine Schriften archäologischen und antiquarischen Inhalts
Carl August Böttiger, Karl August Böttiger
1837German
C. Iulii Hygini Augusti liberti Fabularum liber
C. Julius Hyginus, Gaius Julius Hyginus, Jakob Moltzer, Albricus philosophus, Fabius Planciades Fulgentius, Palaephatus, Lucius Annaeus Cornutus
1549Latin
C. Valerii Flacci Argonavtica
Gaius Valerius Flaccus
1523Latin
C. Valerii Flacci Argonavticon libri octo
Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Philipp Engelbrecht
1532Latin
C. Valerii Flacci Setini Balbi Argonauticon libri VIII
Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Johann Augustin Wagner
1805Latin
C. Valerii Flacci Setini Balbi Argonauticon libros octo
Gaius Valerius Flaccus
1824Latin
C. Valerii Flacci Setini Balbi Patavini Argonauticon
Gaius Valerius Flaccus
1720Latin
C. Valerii Flacci poete elegantissimi Argonautica Diligenter accurateq[ue] eme[n]data [et] suo nitori reddita in hoc Volumine Continentur..
Gaius Valerius Flaccus
1501Latin
C. Valerij Flacci Setini Balbi Argonauticon libri octo
Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Aegidius Maserius, Apollonius Rhodius
1519Latin
Cadmus et Hermione
Philippe Quinault
1784French
Cadmus et Hermione
Jean Baptiste Lully
1673French
Cambodge
Adhémard Leclère
1895
Canti e racconti del popolo italiano
Alessandro D'Ancona, Domenico Comparetti
1870Italian
Canti popolari siciliani
Salvatore Salomone-Marino
1867Italian
Carte de basme
N. D. Popescu
1892Romanian
Catalogus sa[n]ctorum et gestoru[m] eoru[m] ex diuersis voluminibus collectus
Petrus de Natalibus
1514Latin
Catalogvs sanctorvm et gestorvm eorvm
Petrus de Natalibus
1493Latin
Cephale, et procris
Florent Carton Dancourt
1729French
Ceremonies et coutumes religieuses de peuples idolatres representées par des figures dessinées de la main de Bernard Picard
Jean-Frédéric Bernard
1723French
Charon und Thanatos
Gustav Krüger
1866German
Charon, Charun, Charos
Otto Waser
1898German