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
Un drame lyrique au XIII. siècle
Víctor Balaguer
1880French
Un monte di Pilato in Italia
Arturo Graf
1889Italian
Una Novellina e una poesia popolare gragnolesi. --
Adolfo Bartoli, giulio Sansoni
1881Italian
Una controversia famosa di archeologica cristiana tra le due scuole antica e moderna nell'anno 1872
Cecilia Saint, D. E
1872Italian
Und do quam ym under syn Burste der Jonffrau wen groisse Luste dat hey sie woilde zo eynem Wijue nemen ...
Henrich van Nuyss
1513GEM
Unkon shi
Sekitei Kiuchi
1773Japanese
Unsre vorzeit ...
Wilhelm Wägner, G. H, Jakob Nover, J. Wagner
1891German
Unterredungen von dem Reiche der Geister
Otto von Graben zum Stein
1731German
Untersuchung über den Begriff und die Gesetze der Geschichte, über die vorgeblichen Mythen im ersten Buche Mosis
Patritius Benedikt Zimmer
1817German
Untersuchungen über die mittelenglische Magdalenenlegende des Ms. Laud 108
Otto Knörk
1889German
Untersuchungen über die altprovenzalische Trophimus Legende
Fritz Goebel
1896German
Ursagen der arischen Völker
Friedrich Heinrich Hugo Windischmann
1852German
Usi abruzzesi
Antonio De Nino
1879Italian
Usi e pregiudizj dei contadini della Romagna
Michele Placucci
1886Italian
Usi, credenze e pregiudizi del Canavese
Gaetano Di Giovanni
1889Italian
Uzō ressen zenden
Shizhen Wang
1650Japanese
Über die Gruppe des Pasquino
Ludwig von Urlichs
1867German
Vaderlandsche volksboeken en volkssprookjes van de vroegste tijden tot het einde der 18e eeuw
Gilles Dionysius Jacobus Schotel
1873Dutch
Vadrózsák
János Kriza
1863Hungarian
Valerius Flaccus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Caius Valerius Flaccus
1835French
Vampirglaube in Südosteuropa
Peter Mario Kreuter
2001German
Variétés littéraires, ou, Recueil de pieces tant originales que traduites, concernant la philosophie, la littérature & les arts
F. Arnaud
1768French
Varlaam i Ĭoasaf
Іван Франко
1897Ukrainian
Vatnsdæla saga, ok Saga af Finnboga hinum rama
E. C. Werlauff
1812Danish