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
The judgment of God shewed upon one John [Faustus] doctor in divinity. Tune Fortune my foe
1695
The king of Root Valley and his curious daughter
Robert Reinick
1856
The knight of the rose
Lucy Peacock
1793
The language of flowers
1843
The legendary history of the cross
1887
The life of a fairy
Nelson Lee
1850
The little flowers of St. Francis of Assisi.
1894
The little mermaid
Hans Christian Andersen
1893
The most pleasant history of Reynard the fox. Entered according to order.
1700
The mountain-sprite's kingdom and other stories
Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen Baron Brabourne
1881
The myracles of our lady
1514
The myracles of our lady
1530
The myracles of oure blessyd lady
1496
The naughty boy and other stories / by Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen
1866
The new Arabian nights
W. F. Kirby, Gustav Weil, Jonathan Scott, Swan Sonnenschein & Co, Butler & Tanner Ltd, Selwood Printing Works
1882
The new Pantheon, or, An introduction to the mythology of the ancients
W. Jillard Hort
1854
The new fairy book
William Andrews
1895
The new history of the Trojan wars and Troy's destruction
1751
The old church bell, and other stories
Hans Christian Andersen
1869
The old story-teller
Ludwig Bechstein
1854
The one-eyed griffin, and other fairy stories
Herbert Inman
1897
The pentamerone, or, The story of stories
Giovanni Battista Basile
1848
The professor's children
Edith Henrietta Fowler
1897
The rat catcher, or, The magic fife
Gustav Nieritz
1854