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The Folk Lore Of China

by By Nicholas Belfield Dennys

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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The Folk-Lore Of China I Introduction II Birth, Marriage And Death III Days And Seasons IV Portents Or Omens, Auguries, Lucky Numbers, And Dreams V Charms, Spells, Amulets And, Divinations - Thumbnails Page 57 VI Superstitions As To Various Subjects VII Ghost, Apparitions And, Supernatural Beings VIII Witchcraft And Demonology IX Elves, Fairies, And Brownies X Serpents, Dragons, Fabulous Animals, And Monsters XI Superstitions Regarding The Power Of Nature XII Legends Of Locality, Household Tales XIII Fables And Proverbial Lore

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, Legendary beings and transformations, Occultism and esotericism, Out-of-body, astral, and dream studies, Ritual magic and grimoires, and Witchcraft and folk magic.

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Retained metadata contains “supernatural” in the description and “supernatural” in the subject metadata.

    • “supernatural”· in description
    • “supernatural”· in subject
  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive matched “Charms” and “Spells”. Retained metadata contains “Amulets” in the description, “Charms” in the description, “Spells” in the description, and 2 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Charms”· via Internet Archive
    • “Spells”· via Internet Archive
    • “Amulets”· in description
    • “Charms”· in description
    • “Spells”· in description
    • “Charms”· in subject
  • Witchcraft and folk magic

    Retained metadata contains “Witchcraft” in the description.

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

    Retained metadata contains “Demonology” in the description.

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

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive matched “Apparitions”. Retained metadata contains “Apparitions” in the description, “ghost” in the description, “Apparitions” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Apparitions”· via Internet Archive
    • “Apparitions”· in description
    • “ghost”· in description
    • “Apparitions”· in subject
    • “ghost”· in subject
  • Out-of-body, astral, and dream studies

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive matched “Dreams”. Retained metadata contains “Dreams” in the description and “Dreams” in the subject metadata.

    • “Dreams”· via Internet Archive
    • “Dreams”· in description
    • “Dreams”· in subject
  • Legendary beings and transformations

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive matched “Fairies”. Retained metadata contains “Fairies” in the description and “Fairies” in the subject metadata.

    • “Fairies”· via Internet Archive
    • “Fairies”· in description
    • “Fairies”· in subject

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1876-01-01T00:00:00Z—English—Public digitized item

Subjects

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