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
Era
Manuel mythologique de la jeunesse; ou, Instruction sur la mythologie
1812French
The Spanish Fairy Book (Cuentos de Hadas)
Gertrudis Segovia
1918
A Mythological dictionary
1803
Aunt Louisa's favourite toy book
1874
Aunt Mavors [sic] History of five little pigs
1858
Beauty and the beast
1865
Cinderella, or, The little glass-slipper
1808
Diamonds and toads.
1868
Faery tales and ballads
1846
Gammer Gurton's famous histories of Sir Guy of Warwick, Sir Bevis of Hampton, Tom Hickathrift, Friar Bacon, Robin Hood, and The king and the cobbler
1846
Gammer Gurton's pleasant stories of patient Grissel, the Princess Rosetta, & Robin Goodfellow, and ballads of the beggar's daughter, the babes in the wood, and fair Rosamond
1845
Hop o'my thumb.
1866
Jack the Giant Killer
1800
Our nurse's picture book
1869
Tales from the court of Oberon
1848
The Child's own album
1864
The Henny-Penny picture book
1872
The Robinson Crusoe picture book
1874
The fables of aesop
1899
The history of Cinderella
1840
The lively history of Jack & the beanstalk
1846
The most delectable history of Reynard the fox
1846
The old story books of England
1845
The sisters and Golden Locks
1846