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
Specimens of the popular poetry of Persia
1842
Stories about animals
Francis C. Woodworth
1851
Stories about dogs
Thomas Bingley
1838
Stories and songs from Irish MSS.
1899
Stories from Homer
Όμηρος
1892
Stories from early English literature
Sarah J. Venables Dodds
1879
Stories from lowly life
C. M. Duppa
1898
Strange and wonderful news
1700
Strange and wonderful news from Bull-and-Mouth-Street:, or, A faithful and true account how a child of five days old was heard to speak several words distinctly, and with a loud and manly voice
1678
Tales and legends from history.
1800
Tales and legends of the Upperward of Lanarkshire.
1860
Tales from Greek mythology
George W. Cox
1861
Tales of the hermitage
A Lady
1820
Tales of the home folks in peace and war
Joel Chandler Harris
1898
Tanglewood tales, for girls and boys
Nathaniel Hawthorne
1853
The ABC guide to mythology for young readers
Helen Archibald Clarke
1800
The Arabian nights' entertainments
Thomas Bolton Gilchrist Septimus Dalziel
1889
The Banquet of Dun na n-Gedh, and The Battle of Magh Rath, an ancient historical tale. Now first published, from a manuscript in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, with a translation and notes, by John O'Donovan.
1842
The Boy's own book of legends and tales
William Harvey
1853
The Celtic year
1899
The Danish story book
Hans Christian Andersen
1857
The Divyavadana
1886
The Gentleman's magazine library
1884
The Greek heroes
Charles Kingsley
1855