Project Gutenberg 2012-08-29 Public domain in the USA. 271 Radcliffe, John Netten 1826 1884 11006876 Fiends, Ghosts, and Sprites Including an Account of the Origin and Nature of Belief in the Supernatural Produced by Robert Cicconetti, Jennifer Linklater and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "Fiends, Ghosts, and Sprites" by John Netten Radcliffe is a scholarly work written in the mid-19th century. This text delves into the origins and nature of belief in the supernatural, exploring how such beliefs have evolved across different cultures and eras. It mainly discusses various entities such as gods, fiends, and spirits in different mythologies, tracing their connections to human emotions and the natural world. The opening of the book introduces the foundational ideas behind humanity's belief in supernatural powers. Radcliffe describes how these beliefs are intertwined with human emotions and reason, suggesting that the need to explain natural phenomena has led to the formation of various mythologies. He presents the notion that as humanity has advanced, the conception of the divine has evolved, leading to the personification of nature's forces into deities and spirits. The author sets the stage for a comprehensive analysis of mythological frameworks from a variety of cultures, providing insights into how ancient traditions have shaped modern views of the supernatural. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 49.1 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Mythology Supernatural BF Text Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore 454044 2025-08-16T12:40:18.403135 text/html 439009 2024-10-23T10:30:05 text/html 249278 2025-08-16T12:40:28.441074 application/epub+zip 253976 2025-08-16T12:40:22.081105 application/epub+zip 242533 2025-08-16T12:40:20.560131 application/epub+zip 436997 2025-08-16T12:40:32.577133 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 428205 2025-08-16T12:40:27.191071 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 412927 2022-09-18T15:13:42.766035 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 391174 2025-08-16T12:40:17.211186 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 391205 2012-08-29T14:22:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15938 2025-08-16T12:40:32.722059 application/rdf+xml 12253 2025-08-16T12:40:21.076130 image/jpeg 3217 2025-08-16T12:40:20.818128 image/jpeg 236046 2025-08-16T12:40:18.436218 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog