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
Nordisk mythologi i kortfattet populær fremstilling
Karl Andreas Mortensen
1898Danish
Nordiska kämpa dater, i en sagoflock samlade om forna kongar och hjältar
Erik Julius Bjoerner
1737Swedish
Nordiske oldtids sagaer
Carl Christian Rafn
1828Danish
Nordmændenes ældste gude- og helte-sagn
Peter Andreas Munch
1854Norwegian
Norges konge-krønike
Snorri Sturluson, N. F. S. Grundtvig, Selskabet for Nordens oldskrifter
1818Danish
Norrøne gude- og helte-sagn
P. A. Munch, Johan Albert Julius Kjaer, Albert Kjær
1880Norwegian
Norwegische Volksmährchen
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
1847German
Notes folk-loriques de la vall d'Ager
Joan de Porcioles
1899Catalan
Notice sur le livre de Barlaam et Joasaph
Hermann Zotenberg
1886French
Notice sur quelques manuscrits des Mille et une nuits et la traduetion de Galland
Hermann Zotenberg
1887Multiple languages
Notice sur un vase d'argent
J. de Witte
1867French
Nouveau système sur la mythologie
P. Alexis Girardet
1788French
Nouveaux contes arabes, ou, Supplément aux Mille et une nuits
M. I'abbé
1788French
Nouveaux contes ronga; transcrits dans la langue indigène avec traduction française
Henri Alexandre Junod
1898French
Nouvelle Suite Des Mille et Une Nuits
Antoine Galland
1798French
Nouvelle bibliothèque bleue, ou, Légendes populaires de la France
Le Roux de Lincy
1843French
Nova tragedia Heraclio reconhecido
Nicolau Luís
1792Portuguese
Novelline popolari sarde
Francesco Mango
1890Italian
Nravy i obychaĭ v Cheboksarskom ui͡ezdi͡e
Vasiliĭ Konstantinovich Magnit͡skiĭ
1888Russian
Nuove leggende di mare (preboggion)
Augusto Vittorio Vecchj, Jack La Bolina
1883Italian
Nuzhat al-jullās fī nawādir Abī Nuwās
Abū Nuwās
1889Arabic
Nye Eventyr og Historier af H.C. Andersen
H. C. Andersen
1866Danish
Nye eventyr
H. C. Andersen
1845Danish
Nye folke-eventyr og sagn fra Valders
Hallvard A. E. Bergh
1879Norwegian