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
Art.IV. [Book review] Hebrew tales; selected and translated from the writings of the ancient Hebrew sages; to which is prefixed an essay on the uninspired literature of the Hebrews. By Hyman Hurwitz ...London. 1826.
1826
As pretty as seven
Ludwig Bechstein
1872
Aunt Louisa's child's delight
L. Valentine
1800
Ballads & legends of Cheshire.
1867
Beauty and the beast
1875
Beauty and the beast
Nathaniel Orr
1855
Bending willow
Jane Gay Fuller
1872
Blind man's holiday, or, Short tales for the nursery
Annie Keary
1866
Blue Beard
F. W. N. Bayley
1842
Butterscotia
Edward Abbott Parry
1896
Cats and dogs
Harriet Myrtle
1868
Cats and dogs, nature's warriors and God's workers
Harriet Myrtle
1857
Cats and dogs, nature's warriors and God's workers, or, Mrs. Myrtle's lessons in natural history
Harriet Myrtle
1859
Ceres
M. Nataline Crumpton
1890
Choice notes from "Notes and queries"
1859
Christmas elves, or
Agnes Carr Sage
1887
Christmas holidays at Cedar Grove
Mary Alice Seymour
1858
Cinderella
1887
Cinderella
1855
Cinderella
Michael Kelly
1807
Cinderella & the glass slipper
Julia Corner, Alfred Crowquill
1854
Cinderella, and her glass slippers
1831
Cinderella, or, The little glass slipper
Andrew Lang
1890
Cinderella, or, The little glass slipper
1815