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
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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
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Grundriss der germanischen Philologie
Hermann Paul
1889German
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Handbuch der deutschen Mythologie, mit Einschluss der nordischen
Karl Simrock, Karl Joseph Simrock
1855German
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Japanische Märchen und sagen
David August Brauns, David Brauns
1885German
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Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en
Wu Cheng'en
1592
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La mythologie du Rhin
Xavier M, Gustave Doré
1862French
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Légendes du vieux Paris
Amedée de Ponthieu
1867French
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Malorusskii︠a︡ narodnyi︠a︡ predanii︠a︡ i razskazy
Geograficheskoe Obshchestvo SSSR. I︠U︡go-Zapadnyĭ Otdel, Kiev, Mykhalo Petrovych Drahomaniv, Kiev Geograficheskoe Obshchestvo SSSR. IUgo-Zapadny Otdel
1876Russian
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Mythe, sage, märe und fabel im leben und bewusstsein des deutschen volkes
Ludwig Bechstein
1854German
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Myths and legends beyond our borders
Charles M. Skinner, Charles Charles Montgomery Skinner
1898
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Märchen und Sagen der Bukowinaer und Siebenbürger Armenier. Aus eigenen und fremden Sammlungen übersetzt von heinrich von Wlislocki
Heinrich von Wlislocki
1891German
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Märchensaal
Hermann Kletke
1845German
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Mémoires, contes et autres œuvres de Charles Perrault
Charles Perrault, P. L Jacob, Charles Athanase Walckenaer
1842French
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Nerikes gamla minnen
Herman Hofberg
1868Swedish
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Recueil de contes populaires de la Sénégambie
L.-J.-B Bérenger-Féraud, Bérenger-Féraud, L.-J.-Laurent-Jean-Baptiste
1885French
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Rügensche Sagen und Märchen
Alfred Haas
1896German
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Sachsen's Volkssagen
Widar Ziehnert
1838German
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The golden asse of Lucius Apuleius
Ovid, Lucius Apuleius, Ed T.E. Page, W.; Gaselee Adlington, William Adlington, Stephen Gaselee, William Adlingotn, William Howe, Abraham Veale, Conrad Seiler, George Saintsbury, Apuleius, Charles Whibley, W. Adlington And S. Gaselee, Thomas Taylor, Mary Tighe, Hudson Gurney, Robert Graves, John C. Griffiths, Jacob van der Vliet, Ĭosyp Kobiv, I︠U︡riĭ T︠S︡ymbali︠u︡k, Jean de Montlyard, Filippo Beroaldo, Giovanni Andrea Bussi, Aristotle, Pietro Balbi, Konrad Sweynheim, Arnold Pannartz, Filiberto Remigio conte Costa della Trinità, Adriana R. Salem, Boies Penrose, Hermes Trismegistus, Albinus, Pierre Médan, Lucius of Madaura, August Rode, Carlos García Gual, ʻAlī Fahmī Khashīm, Ermil Ivanovich Kostrov, J. A. Maury, James Morwood, S. ʻEli, Rudolf Helm, Paulus Thomas, Edward Carpenter, W. H. D. Rouse, Paul Carus, Anna Morena Mozzillo, Alejandro Coroleu, Antonio Betancor, Gervaso Orefice, Eduard Norden, L. Osborn, Charles Stuttaford, Jessie Mothersole, Erich Neumann, Yoram Bronowski, Jean de La Fontaine, John Lockman, Claude-Ignace Brugière de Barante, Antoine-Denis Bailly, Raphael, Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson, Karl Weyman, A. J. Pons, Walter Pater, Laurel Press, Otto Jahn, John Lyde Wilson, Lucio Apuleyo, Lucio Apuleio, Apuleio, Marina Cavalli, Costanza Viareggi, Agnolo Firenzuola, Matteo Maria Boiardo, Nicolò Zoppino, Vicentio
1469
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The popular story of Blue Beard, or, Female curiosity
Charles Perrault
1846
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The wonder clock
Howard Pyle
1887
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Tradiciones de Toledo
Eugenio de Olavarria y Huarte
1880Spanish
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Traditions, coutumes, l©♭gendes et contes des Ardennes
Albert Meyrac
1890French
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Walachische Maehrchen
Arthur Schott, William Morris
1845German
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Westslawischer Märchenschatz
Josef Wenzig
1857German
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Über die ostgothische Heldensage
Richard Heinzel
1889German