01851cam a22003493u 4500 14461 UtSlPG 20260610133336.0 m cr n 260607r2004||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d 41030605 UtSlPG en iso639-1 BF Scott, Walter, 1771-1832 Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2004 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letters_on_Demonology_and_Witchcraft Release date is 2004-12-25 Etext Produced by Clare Boothby, Paul Moots and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger "Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft" by Walter Scott is a study published in 1830 that surveys beliefs about witchcraft, ghosts, and the supernatural from Biblical times to the 19th century. Written as informal letters to his son-in-law, Scott draws on extensive folklore research to present supernatural anecdotes while analyzing them through a rationalist lens. The work examines how ignorance and prejudice fueled belief in demons and witches, and how witch hunts often targeted heretics and political enemies. This pioneering work influenced Victorian Gothic fiction and helped shape modern anthropological approaches to folklore. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Demonology Witchcraft Morley, Henry, 1822-1894 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14461 55849 55849