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
Zur Kritik und Erklärung der altnordischen Frithjofssage
W. Calaminus
1887German
Zur Kritik und Würdigung der Passio sanctorum quatuor coronatorum
Michael Petschenig
1881German
Zur Legende von der heil. Dorothea
Catherine of Alexandria, Joseph Diemer
1854German
Zur Mirmannsage
Adolf Zinzow
1892German
Zur Würdigung der altslovenischen Wenzelslegende und der Legende vom heil. Prokop
Václav Vondrák
1892German
Zur kritik und erklärung der altnordischen Frithsjofssage
W. Calaminus
1887German
Zur mittelenglischen Romanze Seege of Troye I-IV
Wilhelm Fick
1893German
Zwanzig Kupfertafeln und sechs genealogische Tabellen zu Richter's Phantasien des Alterthums etc
Johann Andreas Lebrecht Richter
1820German
Zwanzig deutsche volksbücher für jung und alt wiedererzählt von Gotthold Klee ...
Gotthold Klee
1881German
Zwei Rechtsfälle aus der Eyrbyggja
Konrad von Maurer
1896German
Zwei fabliaux aus einer Neuenburger handschrift
Adelbert von Keller
1840FRO
Zōgrapheios agōn
Turkey) Hellēnikos Philologikos Syllogos (Istanbul
1891Greek
Život i običaji naroda srpskoga
Vuk Stefanović Karadžić
1867Serbian
[A collection of Swedish chapbooks containing the tale of the Princess Snow-White
Margaret Hunt
1824Swedish
[Brittany pamphlets
Régis comte de L'Estourbeillon de La Garnache
1881French
[Der durchlauchtigsten Alcestis aus Persien, Staats- und Liebes-Geschichte
August Bohse
1703German
[Dsanglun] oder, Weise und der Thor
Isaak Jakob Schmidt
1843German
[Engravings of hunting scenes and mythological subjects]
Antonio Tempesta
1600Italian
[Historia septem infantium de Lara ... =
Otto van Veen
1612Latin
[Historia troiani dyctys cretensis]
Dictys Cretensis
1471Latin
[Homērou hapanta], h.e., Homeri opera omnia
Όμηρος
1759Ancient Greek
[Lontarakna Daeng Mapata, La Palippui, La Tenrisukki]
Temmarulle
1835BUG
[Lontarakna Opunna Warek]
Temmarulle
1800BUG
[Lontarakna Sawerigading]
Temmarulle
1800BUG