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
The diverting historie of Renard the fox
George Frederick Pardon
1850
The fairy godmother, or, The adventures of Prince Eigenwillig
William Churne
1848
The fairy spinning wheel and the tales it spun
Catulle Mendès, Thomas J. Vivian, Marion L. Peabody, Geo. H. Ellis, Richard G. Badger
1899
The faithful dogs
Charlotte Elizabeth
1858
The famous and remarkable history of Sir Rich. Whittington, three times Lord-Mayor of London
1678
The first nine books of the Danish history of Saxo Grammaticus /ctranslated by Oliver Elton ; with some considerations on Saxo's sources, historical methods, and folk-lore, by Frederick York Powell.
1894
The first of May
John Richard de Capel Wise, John R Wise, Walter Crane, Henry Sotheran, Goupil & Cie
1881
The flower people
Mary Tyler Peabody Mann
1842
The flower people / by Mrs. Horace Mann
Mary Tyler Peabody Mann
1888
The forty thieves, or, Ali Baba and his female slave
Marjorie Moon
1811
The friendly monitor, or, Dialogues for youth against the fear of ghosts, and other irrational apprehensions
Mary Weightman
1791
The fryer, an[d] the boy
1617
The giant and the dwarf
Alfred Crowquill
1857
The good-natured bear
Richard Henry Horne
1840
The green Toby jug
Edwin Mrs Hohler
1898
The heroes of Asgard
Annie Keary, Eliza Keary
1893
The history of Jack & the bean-stalk
George Cruikshank, David Bogue
1854
The history of Little Red Riding-Hood, or, The deceitful wolf
Cameron Mrs
1820
The history of Prince Erastus, son to the Emperour Dioclesian and these famous philosophers called the seven wife masters of Rome
1674
The history of Sindbad the sailor
1815
The history of Tom Thumb.
1830
The history of Whittington
Andrew Lang
1890
The history of the White Cat.
1835
The iron chain and the golden
A. L. O. E
1893