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
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- 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
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Antoninou Liberalis Metamorphaseon synagoge = Antonini Liberalis Transformationum congeries
John Quincy Adams, John Adams, Liberalis Antoninus, John Adams Library MB, Thomas Munckerus, Hendrik Verheijk, Wilhelm Xylander
1774Ancient Greek
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Early eighteenth century Sanskrit manuscript
Producer not identified
1600Sanskrit
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Fables of Aesop and others
Samuel Croxall, Aesop
1786
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The Story of the Grail and the Passing of Arthur
Howard Pyle
1910
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Собраніе русскихъ народныхъ пѣсенъ съ ихъ голосами
Ян Богумір Прач
1806Russian
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Appendix de diis et heroibus poeticis, ou Abrégé de l'histoire poétique
John Adams, Pierre Gautruche, John Adams Library MB, Joseph de Jouvency
1764French
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Bibliotheca
Apollodorus of Athens
1782
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Croyances et légendes du moyen âge
L.-F.-Alfred Maury, Alfred Maury
1896French
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Don Ferdinand Sterzingers Bemühung den Aberglaube zu stürzen
Ferdinand Sterzinger, Andrew Dickson White
1785German
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Mythologie figurée de la Grèce
Maxime Collignon
1883French
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Sherwood Forest, or, Robin Hood and Little John
Alfred Mills
1825
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Specimens of the popular poetry of Persia
Alexander Chodo
1842
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The Queen of Air
John Ruskin, Edward Tyas Cook, Alexander Wedderburn, R. Dyke Benjamin
1800
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A manual of mythology in the form of question and answer
George William Cox
1867
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A modern oracle and its prototypes
Henry Carrington Bolton
1893
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Des Satyres, Brutes, Monstres et Demons: De Leur Nature et Adoration, Contre l'Opinion de Ceux Qui Ont Estimé Les Satyres Estre une Espece d'Hommes Distincts et Separez des Adamiques
François-Hédelin Aubignac
1627French
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Dissertation on the mysteries of the Cabiri
George Stanley Faber
1803
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Hans Andersen's stories
Hans Christian Andersen, Horace Elisha Scudder
1891
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Lieblings-märchen, den lieben kleinen erzählt
1880German
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Marston MS 42, Thebais
P. Papinius Statius
1406Latin
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Missionary travels and researches in South Africa
David Livingstone
1858
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On the ancient British, Roman, and Saxon antiquities of Worcestershire
Jabez Allies
1840
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Round About Our Coal Fire, Or, Christmas Entertainments, 4th Edn, 1734
Dick Merryman
1734
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The blood of the vampire
Florence Marryat
1897