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
Istorīi︠a︡ o slavnom i silʹnom viti︠a︡zi︠e︡ Eruslani︠e︡ Lazareviche, o ego khrabrosti i o nevoobrazimoĭ krasoti︠e︡ t︠s︡arevny Anastasīi Vakhrami︠e︡evny
1836Russian
- Read free
Jack and the Beanstalk
1897
- Read free
Jack and the Beanstalk
1888
Jo. Gothofr. Lakemacheri... Antiquitates Graecorum sacrae.
Johann Gottfried Lakemacher
1734Latin
Joannis Selden J.C. De dis Syris syntagmata II.
John Selden
1668Latin
Kachi-Kachi yama
1885Japanese
Kaspar and the seven wonderful pigeons of Würzburg
Julia Goddard
1876
Kleine illustrirte Heiligen-Legende auf jeden Tag des Jahres
Philibert Seeböck
1887German
Konjaku monogatarishū
1800Japanese
L'histoire du Preux Meuruin, filz de Oger le dannoys
1540French
La Belle au crayon d'or
1765French
La Brujería y los Brujos de Cuba
X.X.X
1900Spanish
La Cronica Troyana
1552Spanish
La Déesse Nue Babylonienne: Étude d'Iconographie Comparée
Georges Contenau
1914French
La Mer dans les Traditions et les Industries Indigènes à Rabat et Salé
Louis Brunot
1920French
La nuit brillante, ou, Le carousel de l'esprit
1687French
Lappish Texts
Johan Oloffsson Turi, Per Aslaksson Turi
1918
Las Yerbas de la Gente: A Study of Hispano-American Medicinal Plants
Karen Cowan Ford
1975
Le Roman Terrifiant: ou, Roman Noir de Walpole à Anne Radcliffe, et Son Influence Sur la Littérature Française Jusqu'en 1840
Alice M Killen
1923French
Le Voyage du puys sainct Patrix auquel lieu on voit les peines de Purgatoire. Et aussi les oiyes de Paradis
1839FRM
Le fatiche d'Ercole per Deianira.
Pietro Andrea Ziani
1662Italian
Leben, Thaten und Höllenfahrt des berufenen Zauberers und Schwarzkünstlers Dr. Johann Faust
1842German
Legends of Incense, Herb and Oil Magic
Lewis De Claremont
1938
Leggenda della sacra immagine di santa Maria dell'Impruneta
1744Italian