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
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
- Read free
Japanese fairy tales
Yei Theodora Ozaki
1905
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Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends
Gertrude Landa, Sol Aronson
1919
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Joan Rosembach
Joan Rosembach
1530Spanish
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Jyske folkeminder, isaer fra Hammerum-Herred
Samfundet til den danske literaturs fremme Evald Tang Kristensen
1871Danish
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Karavanen
Wilhelm Hauff
1884Danish
- Read free
Le cabinet des fées, ou, Collection choisie des contes des fées, et autres contes merveilleux
Charles Leopold Mayer Charles-Joseph Mayer
1785French
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Le cabinet des fées, ou, Collection choisie des contes des fées, et autres contes merveilleux
Charles-Joseph Mayer Jacques Cazotte
1785French
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Legends of Vancouver
E. Pauline Johnson
1911
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Les Metamorphoses d'Ouide
Isaac Briot, Matthieu Guillemot, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. Remedia amoris. French Ovid, Crispijn van de Passe, Nicolas Renouard, Samuel Thiboust, d. 1637 Veuve de Mathieu Guillemot, Maarten de Vos
1621French
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Les images ou tableaux de platte peinture des deux Philostrates sophistes grecs, et Les statues de Callistrate
Thomas Artus, active 3rd century/4th century. Descriptions. French Callistratus, Antoine Caron, Gaultier, Léonard, Jaspar Isaac, Thomas de Leu, the Athenian Philostratus, the Lemnian Philostratus, Vigenère, Blaise de
1615French
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Les images ou tableaux de platte peinture des deux Philostrates sophistes grecs, et Les statues de Callistrate
the Athenian Philostratus
1637French
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Lombardica hystoria
de Voragine Jacobus
1490Latin
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Magic and Religion
Andrew Lang
1901
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Marston MS 140, Legenda aurea, etc
Jacobus de Voragine
1441German
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Marston MS 263, Epistolae, etc
Jerome Saint d. 419 or 20
1493Italian
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Modern Greek Folklore and Ancient Greek Religion: A Study in Survivals
John Cuthbert Lawson
1910
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Money Island
Andrew Jackson Howell, Andrew Andrew Jackson Howell
1908
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Myths and Legends of Alaska
Katharine Berry Judson
1911
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Myths of the Cherokee
James Mooney
1902
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Mélusine
d'Arras Jean, Charles Brunet
1854French
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Nagualism: A Study in Native American Folk-lore and History
Daniel Daniel Garrison Brinton
1894
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Old Testament legends
Montague Rhodes James
1873
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Outlines of Zuñi Creation Myths
Frank Hamilton Cushing
1891
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Outside the Gates: Tales by a Band of Spirit Intelligences
Mary Theresa Shelhamer
1890