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
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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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Russkai͡a knizhka
Ivan Aleksandrovich Khudiakov
1863Russian
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Sacontala, ou, L'anneau fatal
Ka lida sa, Bruguière de Sorsum, Antoine-André, Baron, G Forster, William Jones, Kālidāsa
1803French
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Sagen aus den Rheingegenden, dem Schwarzwalde und der Bogesen
Aloys Wilhelm Schreiber
1848German
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Sefer Tseenah u-reenah al amishah umshe Torah
Yaakov ben Yitzchak Ashkenazi
1888Hebrew
Shaman
Joan Halifax
1982
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Solenne ricevimento della testa di Sant'Andrea Apostolo, e cappella presso al Ponte Milvio a lui consagrata
Egidio Fortini
1847Italian
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Tales (Black Cat / Colloquy of Monos and Una / Conversation of Eiros and Charmion / Descent Into the Maelström / Fall of the House of Usher / Gold-Bug / Lionizing / Man in the Crowd / Mesmeric Revelation / Murders in the Rue Morgue / Mystery of Marie Roget / Purloined Letter)
Edgar Allan Poe
1845
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The magic of kindness
Henry Mayhew
1869
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Ueber Aberglauben und Mysticismus in der Medizin
Siegmund Rosenstein, Siegmund Samuel Rosenstein
1866German
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Xu bo wu zhi
Shi Li, 李 石, 張 華
1668Chinese
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ספר שבחי צדיקים
Menaḥem Mendel Tsiṭrin
1882Hebrew
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Aeschyli tragoediae ex editione Stanlii latine redditae et ad editionem graecam Schutzii ...
Aeschylus
1819Italian
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Chefs-d'œuvre des conteurs français après La Fontaine (XVIIIe siècle)
Charles Léopold Louandre
1874French
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Contes et romans de l'Égypte chrétienne
E. Amélineau, Amélineau, Emile, 1850-1915. ed. and tr
1888French
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Elsässisches volksbüchlein
August Stöber, Stöber, August, 1808-1884. [from old catalog]
1859German
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Mogilnyia predaniia
Nikolai Ivanovich Kostomarov
1861Russian
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Mother Goose's Complete Melodies
Williams Company John D. Williams
1892
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Oeuvres complètes
H. R. Casgrain, H.-Henri-Raymond Casgrain
1884French
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Poetika jakožto Aesthetika umění básnického
Josef Durdík
1881Czech
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TALES OF THE GROTESQUE AND ARABESQUE - In Two Volumes - Vol. I (Bon-Bon / Devil in the Belfry / Duc de L’omelette / Fall of the House of Usher / King Pest / Ligeia / Lionizing / Man That Was Used Up / Morella / Ms. Found in a Bottle / Scythe of Time / Shadow / Signora Zenobia / William Wilson)
Edgar Allan Poe
1840
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The Wonders of the Invisible World: The Devil's Temptations and Apparitions
Cotton Mather
1693
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The king of the Golden River; or, The black brothers
John Ruskin, Richard Doyle, William Randolph Hearst, Riviere & Son. bnd CU-BANC, Elder Smith, Vizetelly Bros. & Co. bkp CU-BANC
1839
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Traumfahrt in das land des aufgangs
Bertha Frau Meyer
1851German
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A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume 1 (of 6)
Jacob Bryant
Date unknown