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Russian folk-tales

by William Ralston Shedden Ralston

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Languages: English, Russian
  • Content type: Primary source
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Bibliography: p. xi-xii Introduction.--Mythological: Principal incarnation of evil. Miscellaneous impersonifications.--Magic and witchcraft.--Ghost stories.--Lengends : Saints, &c. Demons

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Demonology, angelology, and possession, Ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists, Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends, Ritual magic and grimoires, and Witchcraft and folk magic.

  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the description.

    • “Magic”· in description
  • Witchcraft and folk magic

    Retained metadata contains “Witchcraft” in the description.

    • “Witchcraft”· in description
  • Demonology, angelology, and possession

    Retained metadata contains “demons” in the description.

    • “demons”· in description
  • Ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Ghosts”. Retained metadata contains “ghost” in the description and “Ghosts” in the subject metadata.

    • “Ghosts”· via Internet Archive
    • “Ghosts”· via Open Library
    • “ghost”· in description
    • “Ghosts”· in subject
  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Folklore” and “Tales”. Retained metadata contains “Tales” in the title, “mythological” in the description, “Folklore” in the subject metadata, and 2 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Folklore”· via Internet Archive
    • “Folklore”· via Open Library
    • “Tales”· via Open Library
    • “Tales”· in title
    • “mythological”· in description
    • “Folklore”· in subject

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Editions

Open Library reports 6 editions; 3 cataloged here.

Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan

1873-01-01T00:00:00ZSmith, Elder and Co. (London)English—Public digitized item

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1873-01-01T00:00:00ZLondon : Smith, Elder, & co.English—Public digitized item

Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan

1873London, Smith; SmithEnglish—Public

Subjects

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Gerstein - University of Toronto
  • Contributing institution: University of California Libraries
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana
  • Open Library reports 6 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Scanner: ias4
  • Scanner: Internet Archive Python library 3.5.0
  • Scanner: rich11
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL1086218W
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