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
Eine Wanderung im Poigreiche
Franz Kiessling
1898German
Eine altisländische Brandlegung
Bernhard Döring
1878German
Eine altlombardische Margarethen-Legende
Berthold Wiese
1890Italian
Eine bedenckwirdige vnd glaubhafftige Historia von einem Mägdelein
Huldericus Brenner
1605German
Eine schöne merkwürdige Historie des Heiligen bischofs Gregorius auf dem stein Genannt
Karl Joseph Simrock
1839German
Einige Gedanken über das Wesen der griechischen Mythologie
Wendel Dr
1826German
Einiges aus Samoa und andern Inseln der Südsee
Adolf Bastian
1889German
Einzelmythen
Carl Robert
1891German
El origen de los nombres de las calles del Cusco
Angel Carreño
1987Spanish
Eldad ha-Dani
Eldad ha-Dani
1863Hebrew
Elegyes gyüjtések Magyarország és Erdély külömbözö részeiböl
László Arany
1872Hungarian
Eli æ Schedii De dis Germanis, sive Veteri Germanorum, Gallorum, Britannorum, Vandalorum religione syngrammata quattor
Elias Schedius
1648Latin
Eliae Schedii De diis germanis, sive, Veteri germanorum, gallorum, britannorum, vandalorum religione syngrammata quatuor ...
Elias Schede
1728Latin
Eliae Schedii De dis Germanis, sive Veteri Germanorum, Gallorum, Britannorum, Vandalorum religione syngrammata quatuor
Elias Schedius
1648Latin
Elsässiches Volksbüchlein
August Stöber
1842German
Eléméns de mythologie
Nicolas Jean Hugou de Bassville
1789French
Embryologia sacra
Francesco Emmanuele Cangiamila
1758Latin
Empiezan las historias del origen de los indios de esta provincia de Guatemala
Francisco Ximénez
1700Spanish
En Betækning over den bebudede nye Udgave af en Material-Samling til Danmarks gamle Folkeviser
Christian Molbech
1847Danish
En Tyrol
Maurice Grandjean
1893French
Encyclopédie méthodique
Mongez
1786French
Enerbusken
F. C. Schübeler, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
1864Norwegian
Ensayo sobre la interpretación de la escritura hierática de la América Central
Léon de Rosny
1881Spanish
Entretiens sur les contes de fées, et sur quelques autres ouvrages du temps
Pierre de Villiers
1699French