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
Schlesien in sage und brauch
Johannes Reinelt
1883German
Schnurren, schwänke und erzählungen von der insel Rügen
Alfred Haas
1899German
Schriftmässiger Bericht von Gespenstern, Nachtgeistern, mancherley wundersamen Erscheinungen, und merckwündigen Vorbedeutungen
Ludwig Lavater
1670German
Schwarzwaldsagen und Geschichten
Alexander Würtenberger
1881German
Schwänke des sechzehten jahrhunderts
Karl Goedeke
1879German
Schweizerisches Sagenbuch
C Kohlrusch
1854German
Schweizersagen
H. Herzog
1871German
Science et religion
Malvert pseud
1899French
Scènes et légendes ...
Hippolyte Durand
1887French
Seconda nouissima editione delle Imagini de gli dei delli antichi
Vincenzo Cartari
1626Italian
Seconda novissima editione delle Imagini de gli dei delli antichi
Vincenzo Cartari
1626Italian
Sefer Ben ha-melekh ṿeha-nazir ...
Luigi da Bologna
1557Hebrew
Sefer Divre ha-yamim shel Mosheh rabenu ʻa. h. u-feṭirato
Abraham ben Mordecai Azulai
1897Hebrew
Sefer Kenesiyah le-shem shamayim
Menasheh Sithon
1873Hebrew
Sefer Maʻaseh shaʻashuʻim
Eliyahu ben Yosef Gig
1868JRB
Sefer Maʻaśeh nisim
Shelomoh Bekhor Ḥutsin
1890Hebrew
Sefer Maʻaʹseh nisim
Jousep Schammes
1781Yiddish
Sefer Megilat yuḥasin
Raḥamim ibn Shelomoh Meyuḥas
1895JRB
Sefer Seder ha-yom
Mosheh ibn Makhir
1599Hebrew
Sefer Zekhirah ṿe-ʻinyene segulah
Zekharyah mi-ḳ.ḳ. Plungyan
1801Hebrew
Sefer Zekhirah ṿe-ʻinyene segulot [ḥeleḳ alef]
Zekharyah mi-ḳ.ḳ. Plungyan
1848Hebrew
Sefer ha-maʻaśiyot
Elʻazar ʻArʾaḳi
1892Hebrew
Sefer ha-maʻaśiyot
ʻIrāqī, Eleazar ben Aaron ha-Kohen
1891Hebrew
Sefer maʻaśiyot
Nissim ben Jacob ben Nissim ibn Shahin
1881Hebrew