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
Historiae poeticae scriptores antiqui
1675Latin
Historiæ poeticæ scriptores antiqui
1675Ancient Greek
Hsü Tʻai pʻing kuang chi
1823Chinese
Illi︠u︡strirovannyi︠a︡ skazki Andersena
Hans Christian Andersen
1894Russian
Introduction à l'écriture sainte ou l'on traite tout ce qui concerne les Juifs
1709French
Irische Texte
1884Irish
Irländische Erzählungen
1826German
Javaansche vertellingen bevattende de lotgevallen van een kantjil, een reebok en andere dieren
W. Palmer van den Broek
1878JAV
Kalmükische Märchen
1866German
Kuei tung
1796Chinese
La Guerre dI gor
1878French
La clef des connaissances utiles a la jeunesse, contenant Un abrege de la fable, Un traite de la sphere, L'explication des differens systemes du monde, des astres, des planetes et des cometes, du tonnerre, des eclairs et del'arc-en-ciel, Description geographique et topographique de la terre : suive d'Abel et Cain, ou l'hommage a la vertu, et de La clemence de Henri IV. --
Pierre Colau
1818French
La musique en famille
P. Lacome
1867French
Le Livre des miracles des saints de Savigny
1899French
Le cabinet des fées; ou Collection choisie des contes des fées, et autres contes merveilleux, ornés de figures.
1785French
Le cabinet des fées
1785French
Le roman du Saint Graal.
1841French
Leabhar sgeulaigheachta
1889Irish
Leggenda di Santo Ieronimo, scritta nel buon secolo della lingua e non mai fin qui stampata.
1852Italian
Les Avadânas
1859French
Les Contes des fées
1884French
Les Merveilles de la nuit de Noel
1879French
Légendes contes et chansons populaires du Morbihan
1857French
Libro di novelle, et di bel parlar gentile
1572Italian