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.
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- 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
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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
Era
The black-bird's tale
1710
The butcher's daughter's policy, or, Lustful lord well fitted
1790
The coming of the mammoth, the funeral of time, and other poems
Henry B. Hirst
1845
The day the cow sneezed
James Flora
1826
The famous and renowned history of the life and glorious actions of the mighty Hercules of Greece
1710
The famous history of the two unfortunate lovers, Hero & Leander
1800
The father and son
Friend to youth
1824
The ghost book : strange hauntings in Britain
Alasdair Alpin MacGregor
1955
The history of Ali Baba and the forty thieves, destroyed by a slave
1800
The history of Dr. John Faustus
1807
The history of Jack and the giants
1800
The history of Valentine and Orson
1800
The history of Whittington and his cat
1802
The history of the giants
1800
The home treasury of popular fairy tales
1857
The little basket-maker and other tales
1854
The little mermaid and other stories
Hans Christian Andersen
1893
The magic legacy
1840
The mediumship of Jack Webber
Harry Edwards
1962
The second part of Jack and the giants
1800
The second report of Doctor John Faustus
1680
The secret commonwealth of elves, fauns and fairies : a study in folk-lore & psychical research
Robert Kirk, Andrew Lang
1893
The silly jelly-fish
1895
The sleeping beauty
1816