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
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
Cristiani ed Ebrei nel Medio Evo
Giuseppe Levi
1866Italian
Croissans-crescens i srednevi︠e︡kovyi︠a︡ legendy o polovoĭ metamorfozi︠e︡
A. N. Veselovskīĭ
1881Russian
Croyances et traditions populaires recueillies dans la Franche-Comté
Désiré Monnier, Aimé Vingtrinier
1874French
Csongrádmegyei gyüjtés
Károly Török
1872Hungarian
Cuentos, oraciones, adivinas y refranes populares
Fernán Caballero
1878Spanish
Culturstudien
Wilhelm Heinrich Riehl
1862German
Cun ren bian
Yuan Yan
1879Chinese
Curiosités, croyances, superstitions, chansons, et coûtumes de l'Ille-et-Vilaine
Adolphe Orain
1890French
Cy commence le volume intitule le recueil des histoires de troyes
Raoul Lefèvre
1476FRM
Cy finist le prologue du liure contenant les fais et p-esses du noble et vaillāt cheualier iason
Raoul Lefèvre
1478FRM
Cynewulf's Elene und ihre Quelle
Otto Glöde
1885German
Códice maya denominado cortesiano
Juan de Dios de la Rada y Delgado
1892MYN
D. D. specimen academicum de superstitione veterum fennorum theoretica et practica ...
Henrik Gabriel Porthan
1782Finnish
D. Johann Peter Eberhards ..
Johann Peter Eberhard
1778German
Dalzielʾs illustrirte Tausend und eine Nacht
H. Beta
1865German
Dana Oisen mhic Fhinn
James Macpherson
1818Scottish Gaelic
Danae in Christlichen Legende
Albrecht Wirth
1892German
Danica historia libris XVI, annis ab hinc trecentis qvinqvaginta, svmma verborvm elegantia, magna sententiarum grauitate, rerum denique admiranda varietate, intermixtis aliarum quoque gentium historijs, conscripta
Saxo Grammaticus, Philipp Lonicer
1576Latin
Danmarks kronike
Saxo Grammaticus
1818Danish
Danorum regu[m] herou[m]q[ue] historiȩ
Saxo Grammaticus
1514Latin
Danske börnerim, remser og lege
Evald Tang Kristensen
1896Danish
Danske folkebøger, paany udgivne af Carl Elberling
Carl Elberling
1867Danish
Danske folkeminder
Jens Nielsen Kamp
1877Danish
Danske folkesagn
Just Mathias Thiele
1819Danish