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
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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
- Read free
Pagan Passions
Randall Garrett, Laurence M Janifer, Robert Stanley, Larry M Harris
1959
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Pagan and Christian Creeds: Their Origin and Meaning
Edward Carpenter
1920
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Philippine Folklore Stories
John Maurice Miller
1904
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Quali altre parole vi aspettate che aggiunga?
Ester Bianchi, Daniela Campo, Maurizio Paolillo
2022Italian
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Recueil des plus illustres proverbes, divises en trois livres
Jacques Lagniet
1657French
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Rings for the finger
George Frederick Kunz
1917
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Round the Fire Stories
Arthur Conan Doyle, J. André Castaigne
1908
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Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore
William Ralston Shedden Ralston
1880
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Saga of Halfred the Sigskald: A Northern Tale of the Tenth Century
Felix Dahn, Sophie Sophie Frances Fane Veitch
1886
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Scream at midnight
Joseph Payne Brennan
1963
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Shadowings
Lafcadio Hearn
1919
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Sheiken i Alessandria
Wilhelm Hauff
1884Danish
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Soixante-trois. La peur de la grande année climactérique à la Renaissance
Max Engammare
2013French
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Some Protective Designs of the Dakota
Clark Wissler
1907
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Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children
Mabel Powers
1917
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Studies in love and in terror
Marie Belloc Lowndes
1913
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Superstitions anciennes et modernes
Pierre Lebrun
1733French
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Tales of Giants from Brazil
Elsie Spicer Eells
1918
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Tales of terror
Dick Donovan
1899
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Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace
Wilhelm Hauff, Edward L Stowell
1882
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Tales out of school
Frank R. Stockton
1875
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The Book of Herbs
Rosalind Northcote, Harry Roberts
1903
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The Book of Nature Myths
Florence Holbrook
1902
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The Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts
Abbie Farwell Brown, Fanny Y Cory
1900