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
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
Berättelser om en Jude och skomakare af Jerusalem, den odödlige Ahaswerus benämd
1823Swedish
Bhīshma pratijñā śloka
1889MAR
Binah la-ʻitim ṿe-luaḥ shanim
1853LAD
Binah le-ʻitim ṿe-luaḥ shanim
1853LAD
Blåkulla och Blåkullafärderna: En Språklig och Mythistorisk Undersökning
Jöran Sahlgren
1915
C. Valerii Flacci Argonautica
Gaius Valerius Flaccus
1523Latin
Caśme ābe hayāta, yāne, amr̥tano jharo
1882Hindi
Chi feng da wang jiang ju zhuan
1881Chinese
- Read free
Children's Folklore: A Source Book
1999
Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache Texts
Harry Hoijer
1938
Cinderella
Charles Seddon Evans
1919
- Read free
Cinderella: or, the Little Glass Slipper, Embellished with Neat Engravings
1836
Cinggis-u̇n eki ijaġur kemeku̇ śastir
1888MON
Contes nouveaux, ou, Les fées à la mode
Marie-Catherine Le Jumelle de Berneville comtesse d'Aulnoy
1715French
Copa with a surplus of fairy tales of our writers for young people of sex oboje
Legatowicz Ignacy Piotr
1859Polish
Cuadros Viejos: Segunda Serie de las Tradiciones Cubanas
Alvaro de la Iglesia
1915Spanish
Das ABC cum notis variorum
1703German
Das unschätzbare Schloss in der afrikanischen Höhle Xa Xa
1842German
De Atlante
1836Latin
Den Schotschen duyvel, betabbert in den Verresenen Barnevelt, den Gulden legende van den nieuwen Sint Jan, den Bedunckelicken brief, zijn Vervolgh, en sulcke brandt-schriften meer, met alle sijne Jesuitische maximen van 'tPresbyterisch convenant, end 'tUtrechtsch presbytery. Uyt de gemeenelessen en legenden van Gisbertus Voetius, aerts-muyt-meester
1663Dutch
Der Vetālapañcavinc̦atī oder funfundzwanzig erzählungen
1875German
Der alṭer tsadiḳ
1885Yiddish
Di jiu cai zi shu
Qiaoyunshanren
1720Chinese
Diccionario da fabula
Pierre Chompré
1880Portuguese