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
Odin
Wolfgang Menzel
1855German
Odissea d'Omero
Όμηρος
1723Italian
Oedipus in Kolonos
Sophocles
1895German
Oesterreichische Volksmährchen
Franz Tschischka
1822German
Oeuvre complet de Flaxman
John Flaxman
1800French
Oeuvres choisies de Ch. Perrault
Charles Perrault, J.-A.-S Collin de Plancy
1826French
Oeuvres complètes
Auguste Hock
1872French
Olafs drapa tryggvasonar
Hjalmar Gullberg
1875Swedish
- Read free
Old Tales From Rome
Alice Zimmern
1906
- Read free
Old Tales Retold From Grecian mythology, in Talks Around the Fire
Augusta Larned
1876
Olf Rudbeks Atland, eller Manheim
Olof Rudbeck
1679Swedish
Olimp
August Heinrich Petiscus
1861Russian
Om Friðthjófs saga
Hjalmar Falk
1890Icelandic
Om Odin og den hedniske gudelære og gudstieneste udi Norden
Peter Frederik Suhm
1771Danish
Om den nordiska mytens användning i bildande konst
Anders Sterner
1881Swedish
Om den nordiste mythologies
Torkel Baden
1820Danish
Om lakunerne i Gull-Þóris saga
Kristian Kaalund
1882Danish
Opera dell'huomo dotto et famoso Giovan Boccaccio da Certaldo
Giovanni Boccaccio
1520Italian
Optrin af Norners og Asers kamp
N. F. S. Grundtvig
1811Danish
Optrin af kæmpelivets undergang i Nord
N. F. S. Grundtvig
1809Danish
Opuscula mythologica, ethica et physica
Thomas Gale
1671Ancient Greek
Opusculum de non credendis fabulosis narrationibus
Palaephatus
1517Latin
Opyt istoricheskago obozri︠e︡nīi︠a︡ russkoĭ slovesnosti
Orest Miller
1865Russian
Ordo iudicii
Bartolo of Sassoferrato
1500Latin