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
Jawakhkʻi burmunkʻ
Ervand Lalayan
1892Armenian
Jānapada saundarya
Deve Gowda Javare Gowda
1977KAN
Jeschurun
Carl Maien, Siegmund Frankenburg
1841German
Jian xia zhuan
Guanying Zheng
1879Chinese
Jin gu qi guan
Baowenglaoren
1644Chinese
Jing lü yi xiang
Baochang Min
1612Chinese
Jo. Gothofr. Lakemacheri Gr. et Orient. Lingu. Prof. Ord. Antiquitates Graecorum sacrae
Johann Gottfried Lakemacher, Christ. Fried Weygand
1734Latin
Joachim und Anna
Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff
1848German
Joachimi Camerarii medici v. cl. Symbolorum et emblematum centuriae tres. I. Ex herbis et stirpibus. II. Ex animalibus quadrupedibus. III. Ex volatilibus et insectis
Joachim Camerarius
1605Latin
Joan. Francisci Buddei Theses theologicae de atheismo et superstitione
Joannes Franciscus Buddeus
1767Latin
Joannis Caramuelis Primus calamus ab oculos ponens metametricam quae variis currentium, adscendentium, descendentium nec-non circumvolantium versuum ductibus aut aeri incisos, aut buxo insculptos, aut plumbo infusos, multiformes labyrinthos exornat
Juan Caramuel Lobkowitz
1663Latin
Joannis Seldeni De dis Syris syntagmata II
John Seldon
1680Latin
Joannis Seldeni I.C. De dIs Syris syntagmata II
John Selden
1617Latin
Joannis Seldeni, J.C. De dIs Syris syntagmata II
John Selden
1662Latin
Johann Christof Wagenseils Belehrung der jüdisch-teutschen Red- und Schreibart
Johann Christoph Wagenseil
1699German
Johannes Bernarti de vtilitae legendae historiae
Joannes Bernartius
1593Latin
Judas Ischarioth in legende und sage des mittelalters
Wilhelm Michael Anton Creizenach
1875German
Juliani Aureli Lessigniensis De cognominibus deorum gentilium
Julianus Aurelius
1696Latin
Juno und Hera
Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher
1875German
Jupiter Imperator
Konrad Levezow
1826German
Jyske folkeminder, isaer fra Hammerum-Herred
Evald Tang Kristensen, Samfundet til den danske literaturs fremme, Jydske historisk-topografiske selskab
1871Danish
Jüdischdeutsche Volkslieder aus Galizien und Russland
Gustaf Dalman
1891German
K bibliografii starinnykh malorusskikh religioznykh skazaniĭ
N. F. Sumtsov
1896Russian
K istorīi russkoĭ narodnoĭ skazki
V. N. Perett︠s︡
1894Russian