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Author Bane, Theresa, 1969- author.

Title Encyclopedia of spirits and ghosts in world mythology / Theresa Bane
Published Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2016

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Contents Preface -- Introduction -- The Encyclopedia -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary "Of all the anomalous phenomenon reported, ghost sightings are by far the most common. The words "ghost" and "spirit" are used interchangeably in American English but in other cultures the lingering souls of the departed are not to be confused with ancestral spirits, demonic spirits, numens orpoltergeists. This encyclopedia lists hundreds of entities of the spirit realm--from aatxe to zuzeca--from world mythology and folklore, "--Amazon.com
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Ghosts -- Encyclopedias
Spirits -- Encyclopedias
Mythology -- Encyclopedias
Folklore -- Encyclopedias
Religions -- Encyclopedias
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Parapsychology -- General.
Folklore
Ghosts
Mythology
Religions
Spirits
Genre/Form encyclopedias.
Encyclopedias
Encyclopedias.
Encyclopédies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781476623399
1476623392