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
A Whip for the Devil, or, The Roman conjuror
1683
A book of mythology for youth
Samuel G. Goodrich
1832
A budget of fun for little folks
Maggie Aunt
1863
A catechism of mythology
William Pinnock
1822
A new book of the fairies
Beatrice Harraden
1897
A picture-book without pictures, and other stories
Hans Christian Andersen
1848
A record of ancient histories
1703
A record of ancient histories entituled in Latine, Gesta Romanorum
1650
A ryght pleasaunt and merye historie, of the mylner of Abyngton, with his wife, and his fayre daughter: and of two poore scholers of Cambridge
1576
A specimen of Hinduism
1892
A world of wonders
1845
A, C, mery talys
1526
Account of the Atush Kudda, or natural fire temple of the Guebres
1821
Account of the recent discoveries in Egypt respecting the Sphinx and the Great Pyramid
1819
Aladdin
Harriet B. Audubon
1869
Aladdin, or, The wonderful lamp
Felix Octavius Carr Darley
1847
Alderley Edge and its neighbourhood.
1843
Ali Baba and the forty thieves; Alla ad Deen, or, The wonderful lamp
William Harvey
1853
An Elegant collection of interesting tales
1808
An accurate description of the grand allegorical pantomimic spectacle of Cinderella, or, The little glass slipper
Michael Kelly
1806
Andreas
1885
Animal stories, old and new
Harrison Weir
1885
Art. I. Introduction to a scientific system of mythology by C.O. Müller ....
1844
Art. I. The Odin-religion.
1854