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_aRadcliffe, John Netten, _d1826-1884 |
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_aFiends, Ghosts, and Sprites : _bIncluding an Account of the Origin and Nature of Belief in the Supernatural |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2012 |
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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.) | ||
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| 653 | _aMythology | ||
| 653 | _aSupernatural | ||
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