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
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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
Out of the heart
H. C. Andersen, Edward Dalziel, George Dalziel, H. W. Dulcken
1867
Pawnee hero stories and folk-tales
1893
Peeps into fairyland
Frederic Edward Weatherly
1896
Perseus the Gorgon slayer
W. J. Gordon
1883
Peter Parley's book of anecdotes
Samuel G. Goodrich
1853
Peter Parley's common school history, illustrated by engravings
Samuel G. Goodrich
1838
Peter Parley's tales about ancient and modern Greece
Samuel G. Goodrich
1832
Pity's gift
Samuel Jackson Pratt
1798
Poe (Assignation / Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Fall of the House of Usher / Gold-Bug / Ligeia / Ms Found in a Bottle)
Edgar Allan Poe
1897
Pokeni, or, Bravery triumphant
Faith Fay
1859
Popular legends of Brittany
Émile Souvestre
1856
Portuguese folk-tales
1882
Poultry Meg's family, and other stories
Hans Christian Andersen
1869
Princess Splendor, the wood-cutter's daughter
E. Rothesay Miller
1895
Puss in boots
F. P. Palmer, Cham, Orr & Compy, Vizetelly Brothers & Co
1844
Puss in boots
Otto Speckter, Charles Perrault
1856
Rhineland and its legends
1868
Robinson Crusoe
John Dawson Watson
1869
Sayings and doings in fairyland, or, Old friends with new faces
D. S. Sinclair
1890
Scenes in the life of Saint John
Hogan & Thompson
1850
Scenes in the life of Saint Paul
Hogan & Thompson
1850
Scenes in the lives of Saint Stephen, Timothy, Saint Mark, and Saint Luke
Hogan & Thompson
1850
Short stories about animals
Gertrude Sellon
1892
Sire
Henri Lavedan
1898