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
Skazki bratʹev Grimm
Jacob Grimm
1893Russian
Skazki i predanīi︠a︡ Samarskago krai︠a︡
D. N. Sadovnikov
1884Russian
Skýringar á vísum i nokkurum íslenzkum sögum
Jón Þorkelsson
1868Icelandic
Skýringar á vísum í Grettis sögu
Jón Þorkelsson
1871Icelandic
Skýringar á vísum í Guðmundar sögu Arasonar og Hrafns sögu Sveinbjarnarsonar
Jón Þorkelsson
1872Icelandic
Skáldskaparmála-qvæði, Snorra-Eddu
A. Uppström
1859Swedish
Skånska visor, sagor, och sägner
Eva Wigström
1880Swedish
Slavianskitie skazanii︠a︡ za rozhdenieto na Konstantina Velikiĭ
Mykhaĭlo Petrovych Drahomaniv
1890Bulgarian
Slavi︠a︡nskai︠a︡ mifologīi︠a︡
N. I. Kostomarov
1847Russian
Slovar' russkikh suevierii
M. D. Chulkov
1782Russian
Slovenskje povesťi
Janko Francisci-Rimavský
1845Slovak
Slovenské pohádky a pověsti
Božena Němcová
1857Czech
Slovo o dvi︠e︡nadt︠s︡ati snakh Shakhaishi po rkp. XV vi︠e︡ka
A. N. Veselovskīĭ
1879Russian
Smaating fra Sverressaga
Gustav Storm
1885Norwegian
Smolenskiǐ ėtnograficheskǐi sbornik
V. N. Dobrovolʹskīĭ
1891Russian
Sobranie sochineniĭ M. A. Maksimovicha
M. Maksimovich
1876Russian
Sobranīe pi︠e︡sen, skazok, obri︠a︡dov i obychaev krestʹi︠a︡n Si︠e︡vero-zapadnago krai︠a︡, M.A. Dmitrīeva
M. Dmitrīev
1869Russian
Sobranīe starinnykh russkikh skazok
M. E. Sinit︠s︡yn, E. Rau
1830Russian
Sochinenii︠a︡
P. I. I︠A︡kushkin
1884Russian
Sochinenii︠a︡ Derzhavina s obi︠a︡snitelʹnymi primi︠e︡chanii︠a︡mi I︠A︡. Grota
Gavriil Romanovich Derzhavin
1864Hebrew
Soldat I︠A︡shka, vsi︠a︡ ego zhizn'
Ivan Vanenko
1857Russian
Soma und Psyche
Gustav Diercks
1879German
Sophoclis Antigone
Sophocles
1581Latin
Sophoclis Electra
Sophocles
1882Latin