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
Les nouveaux contes orienteaux ;Tout vient à point qui peut attendre, ou, Cadichon et Jeannette
Anne Claude Philippe comte de Caylus
1786French
Les néréides et les cyclopes
Clairville M
1852French
Les oeuvres de monsieur de Bensserade
Isaac de Benserade
1697French
Les quatre Facardins
Anthony Count Hamilton
1730French
Les quatre Facardins, conte
Anthony Count Hamilton
1730French
Les quatre premiers liures de l'Eneïde de Virgile
Publius Vergilius Maro
1552French
Les ruses des femmes (Mikri-zenan). Et extraits du Plaisir après la peine (Féredj bad chiddeh)
J.-A Decourdemanche
1896French
Les siecles païens
Sabatier de Castres abbé
1784French
Les tragédies d'Eschyle
Aeschylus
1865French
Les travaux d'Hercule
Gustave Doré
1847French
Les veillées du sultan Schahriar, avec la sultane Scheherazade
Jacques Cazotte
1793French
Les vieux chants populaires scandinaves
Léon Pineau
1898French
Les vieux conteurs français ...
P. L. Jacob
1841French
Les voyages de Sind-bâd le marin
L. Langlès
1814Arabic
Les épopées africaines
Bassirou Dieng
1993French
Les œuvres de monsieur de Bensserade ..
Isaac de Benserade
1697French
Lettera di un amatore delle arti sopra una statua rappresentante perseo scolpita in marmo di Carrara da Antonio Canova
Giovanni Gherardo De Rossi
1801Italian
Lettische märchen
Victor von Andrejanoff
1896German
Lettische volkslieder und mythen
Victor von Andrejanoff
1896German
Lettre a monsieur mayer sur une piece antique qu'il a apporité de Rome
Claude-François Menestrier
1759French
Lettres à Émile sur la mythologie
Charles Albert Demoustier
1817French
Levens en legenden van heiligen
Pantaleon Saint, H. E. Moltzer
1891Dutch
Levensschets van sulthan Ibrahiem, vorst van Eirakh
P. P. Roorda van Eysinga
1822Dutch
Leyendas de los Indios guaraníes
Filiberto de Oliveira Cézar
1892Spanish