Fiends, Ghosts, and Sprites
Author : John Netten Radcliffe
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Page : 294 pages
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Release : 1854
Category : Folklore
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Author : John Netten Radcliffe
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Page : 294 pages
File Size : 29,64 MB
Release : 1854
Category : Folklore
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Author : Radcliffe John Nettin
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Page : 226 pages
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Release : 2016-06-23
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ISBN : 9781318041442
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Author : John Netten Radcliffe
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Page : 124 pages
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Release : 2012-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781406803853
First published in 1854, this work includes "an account of the origin and nature of belief in the supernatural."
Author : John Netten Radcliffe
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Author : John Netten Radclíffe
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Release : 2023-07-18
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ISBN : 9781020955570
Explore the world of supernatural with this captivating book that delves into the origins and nature of belief in mysterious beings, from fiends to ghosts and sprites. Radcliffe provides a thorough analysis of the human fascination with the otherworldly, drawing upon various cultures and traditions, and offers a fresh perspective on old myths and legends. A must-read for anyone interested in the supernatural and the inexplicable. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : John Netten Radcliffe
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 47,59 MB
Release : 2016-05-06
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ISBN : 9781355680567
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Author : John Netten Radcliffe
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 20,87 MB
Release : 2014-10-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781503021297
A belief in the supernatural has existed in all ages and among all nations. To trace the origin of this belief, the causes of the various modifications it has undergone, and the phases it has assumed, is, perhaps, one of the most interesting researches to which the mind can be given, -interesting, inasmuch as we find pervading every part of it the effects of those passions and affections which are most powerful and permanent in our nature. A study of the phenomena known as Fiends, Ghosts and Sprites
Author : John Netten Radcliffe
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Page : 284 pages
File Size : 19,97 MB
Release : 2009-03
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ISBN : 9781104127060
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Author : John Nettin Radcliffe
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Page : 134 pages
File Size : 28,99 MB
Release : 2015-05-01
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ISBN : 9781506007151
"[...]him through life and preserve him from evil."[12] The Iranite worships light, fire, and water, as emblems of Ormuzd, in whom these elements are united; he does not worship the elementary spirits attached to them. In China, the state religion-the religious system of Confucius-embodies the following objects of worship, arranged in three classes: - 1st Class. Ta sze, or great sacrifices, includes the worship of the heavens (Yang), and the earth (Yin); and while worshipping the material heaven, they appear to consider that there exists an animating intelligence (Tae-keih) which presides over the world, rewarding virtue and vice. This class includes also deified sovereigns.[...].""
Author : John Radcliffe
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Page : 234 pages
File Size : 48,87 MB
Release : 2016-07-30
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ISBN : 9781536801422
If we contemplate a race in the earlier phases of its existence, or one degraded in the scale of being, we find that its ideas of the supernatural are confined to the deification and worship of the simplest and most striking of the objects and phenomena of nature: as it has increased in civilization and learning, those deities have been represented in symbolical forms; and as civilization and the cultivation of the mind advances, and the knowledge of surrounding nature has become increased, so have the number of deities been multiplied by the deification of the less evident powers of nature, of kings, and of distinguished men, and then also allegory has come into play. Every variation in the character of a nation, and every era, has impressed more or less distinct marks on its mythology; and mythology, as we receive it now, is the sum of all those changes which have been impressed upon it from its earliest formation. When Christianity dawned upon the world, its effect was not the immediate eradication or dispersion of the superstitious beliefs and observances then entertained: it induced a change in the form and nature of those beliefs. At the commencement of the Christian era, certain men, inspired by the Holy Ghost, were enabled to cast aside all those thoughts and feelings derived from habit, education, and authority, and to receive at once, in all its purity and fulness, the light of the gospel--perhaps the most wonderful of all the miracles of Holy Writ. Such was not the case, however, with the majority of the earlier Christians. They did not thus throw off the superstitious beliefs of pagan origin, but modified them so as to concur, as they thought, with Scripture. Thus, the Scriptures enunciated the doctrine of one sole, omnipotent, and omniscient God; and it fully defined a power of evil, and denounced idolatry. Hence the early Christian fathers were led to conceive, and teach, that the gods of the heathen were devils; and further, that their history, attributes, and worship, had been taught to mankind by the devils themselves. The power of evil, enunciated by the Scriptures, and spoken of as the "Devil," was early reputed to have appeared in a visible form, assuming the aspect of the god Pan, or of a faun or satyr, that is, a horned figure, with hirsute frame, and the lower extremities of a goat, which indeed, until recently, was considered to be the most orthodox form of visibility for his Satanic Majesty. The connection of the power of evil with the gods of the most gloomy and hidden parts of nature is obvious: Pan, indeed, was the god of terror.