Things thought to be devils, ghosts, etc

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Things thought to be devils, ghosts, etc.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd misunderstandings. · One thing mistaken for another. · Things thought to be devils, ghosts, etc. · view the constellation · filed as J1780

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

IndonesianCoster-Wijsman 57 No. 83.

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Objects thought to be the devil Things thought to be ghosts Thing thought to be corpse Things thought to be spirits Animals thought to be the devils or ghosts Man thought to be a devil or ghost Things thought at night to be other frightful object

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