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Libra Esoterica

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, 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

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Editions

Open Library reports 6 editions; 2 cataloged here.

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

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

Open Library record

1873SmithEnglish—Public

Subjects

4 subject headings

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Cataloging notes

  • 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: rich11
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL1086218W
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