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100 1 _aRadcliffe, John Netten,
_d1826-1884
245 1 0 _aFiends, Ghosts, and Sprites :
_bIncluding an Account of the Origin and Nature of Belief in the Supernatural
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2012
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2012-08-29
508 _aProduced by Robert Cicconetti, Jennifer Linklater and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
520 _a"Fiends, Ghosts, and Sprites" by John Netten Radcliffe is a scholarly work written in the mid-19th century. This text delves into the origins and nature of belief in the supernatural, exploring how such beliefs have evolved across different cultures and eras. It mainly discusses various entities such as gods, fiends, and spirits in different mythologies, tracing their connections to human emotions and the natural world. The opening of the book introduces the foundational ideas behind humanity's belief in supernatural powers. Radcliffe describes how these beliefs are intertwined with human emotions and reason, suggesting that the need to explain natural phenomena has led to the formation of various mythologies. He presents the notion that as humanity has advanced, the conception of the divine has evolved, leading to the personification of nature's forces into deities and spirits. The author sets the stage for a comprehensive analysis of mythological frameworks from a variety of cultures, providing insights into how ancient traditions have shaped modern views of the supernatural. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aMythology
653 _aSupernatural
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40616
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