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
Shivḥe ha-tsadiḳim
Menaḥem Mendel Tsiṭrin
1883Hebrew
Shu yi ji
Fang Ren
1875Chinese
Siamsa an ġeiṁriḊ, no, Cois an teallaiġ in Iar gConnaċta
Domhnall Ó Fotharta
1892Irish
Sibirische märchen
H. Ludwig
1890German
Sieben bücher morgenländischer sagen und geschichten
Friedrich Rückert
1837German
Simplicium leges, das ist, Geistliche und unfehlbare Bauren-Reglen nach christlichen Einfalt und Weissheit
Franz Anton Oberleitner
1766German
Sip sō̜ng līam
William J. Gedney
1870Thai
Sippurim, eine Sammlung jüdischer Volkssagen, Erzählungen, Mythen, Chroniken, Denkwürdigkeiten und Biographieen berühmter Juden aller Jahrhunderte, insbesondere des Mittelalters
Wolf Pascheles
1858German
Sipur Malteʻot kefirim
Leṿi Reʼuven Zimlin
1896Hebrew
Sipurim
Wolf Pascheles
1860Yiddish
Sipurim
Sal. Ephr Blogg
1877German
Sirāj al-raml
Rawshan 'Alī Anṣārī Jawnpūrī
1886Persian
Six nouvelles nouvelles
Léon marquis d' Hervey de Saint-Denys
1892French
Sjaïr Bidasari, oorspronkelijk Maleisch Gedicht
Wolter Robert baron van Hoëvell
1844Dutch
Skaski o volshebnit͡sakh
Charles Perrault, Lev Voinov
1768Russian
Skaski o volshebnit͡sakh s nravouchenīi͡ami
Charles Perrault, Lev Voinov
1781Russian
Skazanīe o poboishchi͡e velikago kni͡azi͡a Dimitrīi͡a Īoannovicha Donskago s nechestivym t͡sarem Mamaem
Nikolaĭ Gavrilovich Golovin, P. G, Russia) Antikvarnai͡a knizhnai͡a torgovli͡a V.I. Klochkova (Saint Petersburg
1835Russian
Skazanīi͡a ob urochishchakh Ovruchskago ui͡ezda i byliny o Volʹgi͡e Svi͡atoslavichi͡e
Nikolaĭ Ivanovich Korobka
1898Russian
Skazanīi︠a︡ o Vaviloni︠e︡, skinīi i sv. Grali︠e︡
A. N. Veselovskīĭ
1896Russian
Skazanīi︠a︡ o zaĭmi︠e︡ dneĭ
N. F. Sumt︠s︡ov
1891Russian
Skazka i miḟ
A. N. Afanasʹev
1864Russian
Skazka o koroli︠e︡ Magoni︠e︡, ego syni︠e︡ i docheri i o volynshchiki︠e︡ Ivani︠e︡, I. Davydova
Ivan Davydov
1852Russian
Skazka o semi bratʹev rodnykh molodt͡sakh udalykh
Nathalie Ehrenbourg-Mannati
1850Russian
Skazka o slavnom i silʹnom viti︠a︡zi︠e︡ Eruslani︠e︡ Lazarevichi︠e︡
P. G, Russia) Antikvarnai︠a︡ knizhnai︠a︡ torgovli︠a︡ V.I. Klochkova (Saint Petersburg
1825Russian