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
De religionis et superstitionis natura et ratione
August Hahn
1834Ancient Greek
De sacris troezeniorum,hermionensium, epidauriorum commentatio academica
Samuel Karl Anders Wide
1888Ancient Greek
De spectris, lemuribvs et magnis atqve insolitis fragoribus, variisque præsagitionibus quae plerunque obitum hominum. magnas clades, mutationesque imperiorum præcedunt
Ludwig Lavater
1570Latin
De spectris, lemvribvs et magnis atqve insolitis fragoribus, variisque præsagitionibus, quae plerunque obitum hominum, magnas clades, mutationeosque imperiorum præcedunt
Ludwig Lavater
1580Latin
De superstitiosis quibusdam casibus
Heinrich von Gorkum
1477Latin
De tabula Archelai
Arthur Kortegarn
1862Latin
De tauro Marathonio et Minotauro
Nicolaus Schell
1865Latin
De uithangteekens in verband met geschiedenis en volksleven beschouwd
Jacob van Lennep
1868Dutch
De variis gigantum formis in fabula et arte Graecorum
Valerius Stai
1884Latin
De victimis humanis apud Graecos
Reinhard Suchier
1848Latin
Dede Korkut Kitabı
Muharrem Ergin
1958Turkish
Dei pregiudizi popolari intorno agli animali
Carlo Guiseppe Gené, Michele Lessona
1869Italian
Del governo de' regni sotto morali esempi di animali ragionanti tra loro
Baydabā
1872Italian
Della forma di Gerione e di molti parti colari ad esso demone attinenti secondo il dettato della Commedia di Dante Alighieri
Fortunato Lanci
1858Italian
Della genealogia gli dei. j
Giovanni Boccaccio
1588Italian
Delle divinità favolose degl'antichi
Pierre Gautruche
1724Italian
Demeter und Persephone
Ludwig Preller
1837German
Den Danske almues overtroiske meninger
Just Mathias Thiele
1860Danish
Den danske krønicke som Saxo Grammaticus screff halfffierde hundrede aar forleden
Saxo Grammaticus, Anders Sørensen Vedel, Frederick II King of Denmark and Norway
1575Danish
Den komparative methodes betydning for studiet af den nordiske mythologi
Gustav Storm
1875Danish
Den wijngaert van Sinte Franciscus vol schoonre historien, legenden, ende duechdelijcke leeringhen allen menschen seer profijtelijck
Hendrik Eckert
1518Dutch
Den Ældre Edda
Finnur Magnússon
1821Danish
Deorum dearumque capita
Abraham Ortelius
1572Latin
Der Aberglaube
Hubert Theophil Simar
1877German