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
Leander
1775
Legends and poetry of the Hudson
1865
Legends of New England
Julia Gill
1864
Legends of Scottish superstition
1848
Legends of the thirteenth century
1879
Little May's mythology
H. R. Lockwood
1869
Little folk in green
Henrietta Christian Wright
1883
Little folks east and west
Harriette R. Shattuck
1892
Miss Lily's voyage round the world
Lorenz Frølich, I. M. Luyster, Roberts Brothers
1869
Modern fairy lore
Adda F. Howie
1890
More stories
Julia Goddard
1863
Much in little
William Mrs Allbut
1859
New tales from faëry land
Harriet Myrtle
1852
Number Nip, or, The spirit of the Giant Mountains
Mary C. Rowsell, Swan Sonnenschein & Co, Kelly and Co
1884
Odysseus
Όμηρος
1898
Of god [et] man but with out
1548
Oiḋe ċloinne Lir =
1883
Oiḋe ċloinne Lir =
1894
Old tales retold from Grecian mythology
Augusta Larned
1876
Olde ffrendes wyth newe faces
1883
Olympic games
Anna C. Lowell
1845
Once upon a time
Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
1897
One hundred fables
James Northcote
1827
Oriental stories (La fleur lascive orientale)
1893